Odoacer romulus augustulus biography

Last Western Roman emperor from 475 to 476

Romulus Augustus (c. 465 – after 511^[b]), nicknamed Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476.

Romulus was placed on the imperial throne while still a minor by his father Orestes, the magister militum, for whom he served as little more than a figurehead.

Odoacer romulus augustulus biography

After a rule of ten months, the barbarian general Odoacer defeated and killed Orestes and deposed Romulus. As Odoacer did not proclaim any successor, Romulus is typically regarded as the last Western Roman emperor, his deposition marking the end of the Western Roman Empire as a political entity.

The deposition of Romulus Augustulus is also sometimes used by historians to mark the transition from antiquity to the medieval period.

Very few records survive of Romulus's reign. There are no known policies, laws or inscriptions of significance of the emperor, which leaves the impression that he