The event postdates much of the empire's fall — the last Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed 60 years before the cold spell, and Rome was sacked by Goths and Vandals and its ...

In 476, the German chieftain Odoacer overthrew Romulus Augustulus, the last western Roman emperor, but that doesn’t mean that Roman culture or influence disappeared overnight. The Late Antique ...

From Julius Caesar to Romulus Augustulus, the two explore the daily lives of the most powerful people in the Roman Empire. How did they rule over and interact with their subjects? How often were ...

As much as Julius Nepos refused to recognize his legitimacy and continued to hold the title in parallel until his death in 475 AD, history considers the last Western Roman emperor to be Romulus ...

The final blow came when the Germanic chieftain Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, in 476 CE. However, the fall of Rome did not immediately give rise to a new ...

The Roman Empire decline was long and lasted until 476, when Rome fell to a barbarian Germanic tribe led by Odoacer who staged a revolt and deposed Emperor Romulus Augustulus. The dawn of the 3rd ...

Yet, the abdication of Emperor Romulus Augustulus on September 4, 476 marks the fall of the Western Roman Empire. So, what caused the downfall of the Roman Empire (which began in 27 BC)?

According to the conventional story, the Roman Empire fell in the fifth century when the Germanic king Odoacer deposed Emperor Romulus Augustulus. It technically wasn’t the end of the Roman Empire.

In 476 ADs, the last Roman emperor in the West, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed, leading to the collapse of Roman political authority and the beginning of the Dark Ages in Europe. The chaotic ...

Tech investors who have been investing long enough remember when tech stocks last crashed brutally to the tune of 90% for many names. I say that tongue-in-cheek, as that “last” crash occurred ...