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Odoacer
Odoacer ( – 15 March 493 AD), also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who was an officer of the Roman army and deposed the Western Roman child emperor Romulus Augustulus to become the ruler of Italy (476–493). Odoacer's overthrow of Romulus Augustulus is traditionally understood as marking the end of the Western Roman Empire.
Basilica of San Vitale
minor basilica in Ravenna, Italy
Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
church building in Ravenna, Italy
Mausoleum of Theodoric
mausoleum
Siege of Ravenna
490-493 siege warfare between Ostrogoths and Herules Odoacer
Siege of Ravenna
539–540 siege of the Ostrogothic capital by Belisarius