Arrives in Ravenna 3 days after Joannes defeat and execution
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Arrives in Ravenna 3 days after Joannes defeat and execution
Arrives in Ravenna 3 days after Joannes defeat and execution. Aetius secures a pardon & obtains the office of Magister militum per Gallias, Master of Soldiers in Gaul
Odoacer enters Ravenna & has Romulus deposed
With the deposition of Romulus by Odoacer the Western Roman Empire ceases to exist
Shortly before the taking of Ravenna, the Ostrogoths offered to make Belisarius the western emperor, Belisarius feigned acceptance and entered Ravenna via its sole point of entry, a causeway through the marshes, accompanied by a comitatus of bucellarii, his personal household regiment and proclaims the capture of Ravenna in the name of the Emperor Justinian. Captures the Ostrogoth capital of Ravenna, where the Goth king Witiges is captured
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