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Orestes Biography and Timeline

Follow Orestes through 4 dated historical records for Roman Empire.

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Orestes, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

4Distinct records

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475–476Years on this page

475

31 October 475

Succession

Warfare / Civil War

Invests his son Romulus Augustulus with the purple

475

Siege of Ticinum

Ticinum · Warfare / Civil War

Odoacer besieges Romulus father, Orestes, & captures him

476

August 476

Death of Orestes

Warfare / Civil War

Odoacer has Romulus father, Orestes, put to death

August 476

Execution

Warfare / Civil War

Odoacer has Romulus father, Orestes, put to death

Records, sources and methodology

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