Romulus Augustulus( Roman Emperor)
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Romulus Augustulus - Roman emperor in 475-476 years. + 476 g. Father of Romulus was the master Italic Army Orestes. In August, 475 g. he raised in Ravenna revolt against Emperor Nepos, and joining in October in Rome, proclaimed his son Emperor Romulus (Fedorova: Epilogue). Romans gently, like a child, called him a pet name Augustulus, as the imperial throne he occupied, as a baby. For him, the wise rule of his father Orestes, a very big mind. Somewhat earlier, the Romans adopted as allies Skiri, Alans and other Gothic tribes. And as for this time of martial law has been strengthened and the barbarians came in a flourishing situation, . so important Roman military forces fell, under the respectable name of the Union Romans to suffer the brutal tyranny on the part of those outsiders peoples: in the end the last wish, . that the Romans shared with them all the land in Italy, .
They demanded that Orestes to these lands, he gave them the third part, and, seeing that he was not going to make any concessions, and immediately killed him. In their midst was a kind of Odoacer, one of the imperial guard, he agreed to perform for them then what they have a claim if they put him in charge of government. Thus capturing the real power, he handed over to barbarians third of the land and thus firmly tied them to her (Procopius: 'War of Justinian', 5, 1). Joining the Ravenna, Odoacer August 23 476 g. deposed Romulus. However, his youth and beauty touched Odoacer, and he gave his life, granted 6000 solidi and sent to the campaign with a resolution to live freely with relatives (Skrzhinskaya: 591). The place of his exile began building Lukullanskie (Jordan: 242). Odoacer and the Senate has informed the Byzantine emperor Zinon that do not find it necessary to save more for Italy's imperial power, as both countries are quite a Zinon, as their total emperor. Senate requested Zinon Odoacer bestow dignity and Patrick to leave his management of Italians (Malchus: 12). Zinon, although not immediately fulfilled their request. Thus. Western Roman Empire ceased to exist.
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