Kingdom of Odoacer

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Germanic-ruled kingdom historical state post-Roman kingdom

The Kingdom of Odoacer was the Germanic-ruled state established in Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD, marking the traditional end of ancient Rome and the beginning of the early Middle Ages in the West.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Odoacer's Kingdom of Italy	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Germanic-ruled kingdom ⓘ historical state ⓘ post-Roman kingdom ⓘ
alsoUsedLanguage	Germanic languages ⓘ
capital	Ravenna ⓘ
claimedAllegianceTo	Emperor of the Romans ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Emperor
conflict	war with Ostrogoths ⓘ war with Rugians ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
currency	Roman currency ⓘ
dissolved	493 ⓘ
endCause	assassination of Odoacer ⓘ
endEvent	conquest by Theodoric the Great ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Germanic peoples ⓘ Romans ⓘ
follows	Western Roman Empire ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
headOfState	Odoacer ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early Middle Ages ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ
inception	476 ⓘ
leaderTitle	King of Italy ⓘ
legalSystem	Roman law ⓘ
maintained	Roman Senate ⓘ surface form: Roman Senate in Rome Roman administrative structures ⓘ
notableEvent	land redistribution to Germanic troops ⓘ
officialLanguage	Latin ⓘ
overthrownBy	Theoderic the Great ⓘ surface form: Theodoric the Great
populationGroup	Goths ⓘ surface form: Germanic foederati Roman aristocracy ⓘ
precedes	Ostrogothic Kingdom ⓘ
predecessorPolity	Western Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Western Roman Empire in Italy
recognizedBy	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
recognizedTitleFrom	Zeno ⓘ
religion	Arianism ⓘ surface form: Arian Christianity Nicene Christianity ⓘ
rulerEthnicity	Germanic ⓘ Scirian ⓘ
significance	marked traditional end of Western Roman Empire ⓘ transition between ancient Rome and medieval Europe ⓘ
startEvent	deposition of Romulus Augustulus ⓘ
successorState	Ostrogothic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy
territoryIncludes	Dalmatia ⓘ Italian Peninsula ⓘ Sicily ⓘ parts of Noricum ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Western Roman Empire → followedBy → Kingdom of Odoacer ⓘ

Ostrogothic Kingdom → precededBy → Kingdom of Odoacer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odoacer's Kingdom of Italy