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Roman Empire in 476

Historical records for Roman Empire in 476, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

9Records
6Events
5Named people
2Places
2Categories

Historical records

August

August 476Death of OdoacerOdoacer

Warfare / Civil War

Odoacer has Romulus father, Orestes, put to death

August 476Death of OrestesOrestes

Warfare / Civil War

Odoacer has Romulus father, Orestes, put to death

August 476ExecutionOdoacer

Warfare / Civil War

Odoacer has Romulus father, Orestes, put to death

August 476ExecutionOrestes

Warfare / Civil War

Odoacer has Romulus father, Orestes, put to death

September

September 476AbdicationOdoacer

Ravenna · Warfare / Civil War

Odoacer enters Ravenna & has Romulus deposed

September 476AbdicationRomulus Augustus

Ravenna · Warfare / Civil War

With the deposition of Romulus by Odoacer the Western Roman Empire ceases to exist

September 476RetirementRomulus Augustus

Campania · Warfare / Civil War

Romulus is allowed to live & retire with a pension to Campania

Other Events

476AbdicationBasiliscus

House / House of Leo

Forced to abdicate by Zeno

476RestorationZeno the Isaurian

House / House of Leo

Succeeds as Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, 2nd term

Names involved

BasiliscusOdoacerOrestesRomulus AugustusZeno the Isaurian

Places involved

CampaniaRavenna

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.