Roman Ravenna

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.

Syrian bishop and saint

476 battle between the Heruli under their King Odoacer and the remnants of the Western Roman Army in Roman Italy

432 battle

overthrow of the last Western Roman emperor

Roman fleet based at Ravenna

ancient port of Ravenna, Italy

Dathus or Datus was Bishop of Ravenna during the late 2nd century. He was elected to succeed the previous bishop Probus I when miraculously, a dove appeared above his head.