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“O daser”
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(‘433’ – ‘493’)
(also known as flavius odovacer)
(italian: odoacre)
(latin: odoacerus)
(german: odoaker)
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*”flavius odoacer” was a ‘soldier’ who in ‘476’ became the first ‘king of italy (‘476’ – ‘493’)*
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(his reign is commonly seen as marking the end of the ‘western roman empire’)
(though the real power in ‘italy’ was in his hands, he represented himself as the client of ‘julius nepos’ and, after nepos’ death in ‘480’, of the ’emperor’ in ‘constantinople’)
(‘odoacer’ generally used the roman honorific patrician, granted by the ’emperor zeno’, but is referred to as a ‘king’ (latin rex) in many documents and he himself used it at least once and on another occasion it was used by the consul ‘basilius’)
(‘odoacer’ introduced few important changes into the ‘administrative system’ of ‘italy’)
(he had the support of the ‘roman senate’ and was able to distribute ‘land’ to his ‘followers’ without much ‘opposition’)
(‘unrest’ among his ‘warriors’ led to ‘violence’ in ‘477’ – ‘478’, but no such disturbances occurred during the later period of his ‘reign’)
(although ‘odoacer’ was an ‘arian christian’, he rarely intervened in the affairs of the ‘orthodox’ and ‘trinitarian’ state church of the ‘roman empire’)
(probably of ‘scirian’ descent, ‘odoacer’ was a ‘military leader’ in ‘italy’ who led the revolt of ‘herulian’, ‘rugian’, and ‘scirian’ soldiers that deposed ‘romulus augustulus’ on ‘4 september AD 476’)
(‘augustulus’ had been declared ‘western roman emperor’ by his ‘father’, the rebellious general of the army in ‘italy’, less than a year before, but had been unable to gain allegiance or recognition beyond ‘central italy’)
(with the backing of the ‘roman senate’, ‘odoacer’ thenceforth ruled ‘italy’ autonomously, paying lip service to the authority of ‘julius nepos’, the last ‘western emperor’, and ‘zeno’, the ’emperor’ of the ‘east’)
(upon nepos’ murder in ‘480’, ‘odoacer’ invaded ‘dalmatia’, to punish the murderers)
(he did so, executing the conspirators, but within 2 years also conquered the region and incorporated it into his domain)
(when ‘illus’, master of soldiers of the ‘eastern empire’, asked for odoacer’s help in ‘484’ in his struggle to depose ‘zeno’, ‘odoacer’ invaded zeno’s westernmost provinces)
(the emperor responded first by inciting the ‘rugi’ of present-day ‘austria’ to attack ‘italy’)
(during the winter of ‘487’ – ‘488’, ‘odoacer’ crossed the ‘danube’ and defeated the ‘rugi’ in their own territory)
(‘zeno’ also appointed the ostrogoth ‘theoderic the great’ who was menacing the borders of the ‘eastern empire’, to be ‘king of italy’, turning one troublesome, nominal ‘vassal’ against another)
(‘theoderic’ invaded ‘italy’ in ‘489’ and by ‘august 490’ had captured almost the entire ‘peninsula’, forcing ‘odoacer’ to take refuge in ‘ravenna’)
(the city surrendered on ‘5 march 493’; ‘theoderic’ invited ‘odoacer’ to a ‘banquet of reconciliation’ and there killed him)
(‘odoacer’ is the earliest ruler of ‘italy’ for whom an autograph of any of his ‘legal acts’ has survived to the current day)
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(the larger portion of a record of ‘odoacer’ granting properties in ‘sicily’ and the island of ‘melita’ on the ‘adriatic coast’ to ‘pierius’ and issued in ‘488’, was written in his ‘reign’)
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