Romulus Augustulus

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Western Roman emperor deposed monarch historical figure

Romulus Augustulus was the last de facto Western Roman emperor, whose deposition in 476 AD traditionally marks the end of the Western Roman Empire.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Augustulus	1
Flavius Romulus Augustus	1
Imperator Caesar Flavius Romulus Augustus	1
Romulus Augustus	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Western Roman emperor ⓘ deposed monarch ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
afterDepositionResidence	Lucullan Villa in Campania ⓘ
afterDepositionStatus	lived in retirement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Romulus Augustulus ⓘ Romulus Augustulus ⓘ surface form: Romulus Augustus
appointedBy	Orestes ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	fall of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
birthDate	circa 460 ⓘ
birthPlace	Ravenna ⓘ
capitalDuringReign	Ravenna ⓘ
chronologicalOrder	last ruler of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
citizenship	Roman ⓘ
coexistsWith	Eastern Roman emperor Zeno ⓘ
country	Western Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate	after 476 ⓘ possibly after 511 ⓘ
deathPlace	unknown ⓘ
deposedBy	Odoacer ⓘ
depositionDate	4 September 476 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Roman ⓘ
father	Orestes ⓘ
fullName	Romulus Augustulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Flavius Romulus Augustus
hasCognomen	Augustus ⓘ
hasGivenName	Romulus and Remus ⓘ surface form: Romulus
hasPraenomen	Flavius ⓘ
historicalEra	Late Antiquity ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
legitimacyStatus	considered usurper by Julius Nepos and Eastern court ⓘ
mother	possibly Barbaria ⓘ
motherEmpire	Roman Empire ⓘ
nickname	Romulus Augustulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Augustulus
nicknameMeaning	little Augustus ⓘ
notableEvent	deposition by Odoacer in 476 ⓘ
notableFor	being the last de facto Western Roman emperor ⓘ
pensionAmount	6,000 solidi annually (traditional account) ⓘ
positionHeld	Western Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Western Roman emperor
predecessor	Julius Nepos ⓘ
receivesPensionFrom	Odoacer ⓘ
reignEnd	4 September 476 ⓘ
reignStart	31 October 475 ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Magna Graecia ⓘ surface form: Campania Ravenna ⓘ
succeededByPoliticalEntity	Western Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Odoacer in Italy
successor	none (Western imperial office abolished) ⓘ
symbolicSignificance	his fall traditionally marks the end of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
title	Romulus Augustulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imperator Caesar Flavius Romulus Augustus

Referenced by (20)

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

Romulus Augustulus → alsoKnownAs → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romulus Augustus

Romulus Augustulus → alsoKnownAs → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Orestes → associatedWith → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Orestes → child → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Julius Nepos → contemporaryWith → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Romulus Augustulus → fullName → Romulus Augustulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flavius Romulus Augustus

Fall of the Western Roman Empire → hasKeyFigure → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Western Roman Empire → lastRuler → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Roman Empire → lastWesternEmperor → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Romulus Augustulus → nickname → Romulus Augustulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Augustulus

Flavius → notableBearer → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Lucullan Villa in Campania → occupant → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Odoacer → overthrew → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Roman emperors → positionHeldBy → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Odoacer → predecessor → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Orestes → relative → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Western Roman Empire → ruler → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Lucullan Villa in Campania → servedAsExileFor → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Odoacer → succeeded → Romulus Augustulus ⓘ

Romulus Augustulus → title → Romulus Augustulus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperator Caesar Flavius Romulus Augustus