Kingdom of Odoacer
Kingdom of Italy Regnum Italiae | |||||||||||
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| 476–493 | |||||||||||
Odoacer Solidus (coin)
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Italy in 476 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Ravenna | ||||||||||
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| Religion | Nicene Christianity | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Dux | |||||||||||
• 476–493 AD | Odoacer | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Odoacer is proclaimed Rex | 23 August 476 | ||||||||||
• Romulus Augustulus abdicates | 4 September 476 | ||||||||||
• Theodoric assassinates Odoacer | 15 March 493 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Solidus | ||||||||||
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The Kingdom of Odoacer, officially known as the Kingdom of Italy (Latin: Regnum Italiae), was a barbarian kingdom (476–493) that came into existence with the deposition of the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, at the Battle of Ravenna in 476. The battle resulted in the self-proclamation as Rex by Odoacer. The creation of the state traditionally marks the end of the Western Roman Empire. Odoacer's kingdom lasted until the assassination of Odoacer by Theodoric the Great, after which he proclaimed himself king of Italy and began to reign over the Ostrogothic Kingdom.