Odoacer

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Germanic ruler chieftain king of Italy military leader person

Odoacer was a Germanic chieftain and military leader who overthrew the last Western Roman emperor in 476 AD, effectively ending the Western Roman Empire and ruling Italy as its first barbarian king.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Flavius Odoacer 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic ruler ⓘ
chieftain ⓘ
king of Italy ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
person ⓘ
burialPlace Ravenna ⓘ
capitalOfHisRealm Ravenna ⓘ
commanded foederati troops in Italy ⓘ
conflict Roman–Germanic wars ⓘ
surface form: Germanic Wars

War between Odoacer and Theodoric ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Western Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 433 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 493 ⓘ
endTime 493 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Germanic peoples ⓘ
Heruli ⓘ
Sciri ⓘ
givenName Odoacer self-link ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
killedBy Theoderic the Great ⓘ
surface form: Theodoric the Great
mannerOfDeath assassinated ⓘ
killed in battle ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
notableFor being first barbarian king of Italy ⓘ
ending the Western Roman imperial line ⓘ
notableWork Fall of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: deposition of Romulus Augustulus
overthrew Romulus Augustulus ⓘ
Western Roman Empire ⓘ
parentEthnicBackground Scirian father ⓘ
Thuringian or Rugian mother ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pannonia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ravenna ⓘ
positionHeld King of Italy ⓘ
magister militum ⓘ
patricius ⓘ
predecessor Romulus Augustulus ⓘ
receivedTitleFrom Eastern Roman emperor Zeno ⓘ
religion Arianism ⓘ
surface form: Arian Christianity
requestedTitle patricius from Zeno ⓘ
residence Ravenna ⓘ
ruled Italy ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent fall of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
startTime 476 ⓘ
succeeded Romulus Augustulus ⓘ
successor Theoderic the Great ⓘ
surface form: Theodoric the Great

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orestes → associatedWith → Odoacer ⓘ
subject surface form: Zeno
Romulus Augustulus → deposedBy → Odoacer ⓘ
Odoacer → givenName → Odoacer self-link ⓘ
Flavius → notableBearer → Odoacer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flavius Odoacer
Orestes → opponent → Odoacer ⓘ
subject surface form: Zeno