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Western Roman Empire
independently administered western provinces of the Roman Empire
410 sack of Rome
410 Visigoth siege and looting of Rome
Sack of Rome
battle
Pagus
thumb|300px|Approximate in Burgundy (region)|Burgundy, 9th century
Marcellinus
Roman general (5th c.)
Ovida
Ovida or Odiva (died 481/482) was a late Western Roman general and warlord of likely Gothic origin and the last Roman ruler of Dalmatia. Ovida initially served Julius Nepos, ruler of Roman Dalmatia and later western Roman emperor in Italy from 474 to 475. After being usurped in 475, Nepos continued to claim the imperial title in exile in Dalmatia, supported by the Eastern Roman Empire, but he was murdered by Ovida and another general, Viator, in 480. Upon his death, Ovida became the ruler of Dalmatia, a position he held until he was defeated and killed by Odoacer, the first barbarian King of I
Last of the Romans
historical term
Olympius
Olympius (died 410/411) was a minister of the Western Roman Empire, in the court of the emperor Honorius (reigned 393–423). Olympius orchestrated the fall and execution of the capable general Stilicho, who had effectively been ruling the Western Roman Empire as regent of Honorius for over twelve years.
Notitia Galliarum
Roman register of cities from the 4th-6th centuries CE