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Odoaker

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Also known as Fl. Odovac, Flavius Odovacar, Odovacer, Odowac

„König von Italien“, setzte den letzten weströmischen Kaiser ab

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Odoacer was a barbarian military officer who deposed the young Western Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus in 476 AD and ruled Italy until his death in 493 AD. His overthrow of the last Western Roman emperor is traditionally seen as the moment that marked the end of the Western Roman Empire.

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Key facts

Royalty.name
Odoacer
Royalty.image
Coin of Odoacer at the British Museum (obverse).png
Royalty.caption
Coin of Odoacer minted in Ravenna, 477, with Odoacer in profile, depicted with a "barbarian" moustache
Royalty.succession
King of Italy
Royalty.reign
4 September 476 –
Royalty.successor
Theodoric the Great
Royalty.death_date
15 March 493 (aged about 60)
Royalty.death_place
Ravenna, Kingdom of Italy
Royalty.father
Edeko
Royalty.spouse
Sunigilda
Royalty.issue
Thela
Royalty.religion
Arian Christianity

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Kingdom of Italy
Place of birth
Pannonia Prima
Place of death
Ravenna
Father
Edeko
Sibling
Onoulphus
Occupation
military leader
Position held
monarch of Italy
Religion
Arianism
Participant in
Deposition of Romulus Augustulus
Image
Coin of Odoacer at the British Museum (obverse).png
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Commons category
Odoacer
date of birth
0433-01-01
date of death
0493-03-15
time period
late antiquity
name in native language
Odoacer
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
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Article · Deutsch

Odoaker, auch Odowakar oder Odovakar, in althochdeutschen Glossen Otacher und im Hildebrandslied in der Form Otachre, lateinisch Flavius Odovacer, Odovacar oder Odovacrius, (* um 433; † vermutlich 15. März 493 in Ravenna) war ein weströmischer Offizier germanischer Herkunft und nach der Absetzung des Romulus Augustus 476 König von Italien (rex Italiae). Er wurde 493 im Rahmen des Machtkampfs mit dem Ostgotenkönig Theoderich von diesem getötet.

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