476 AD
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Odoacer deposes Romulus Augustulus, the last western emperor.
- Time period
- 476 AD
- Region
- Italy / Western Europe
- Theme
- Politics
- Civilization
- Western Roman Empire
In 476 CE, the Germanic general Odoacer deposed the young emperor Romulus Augustulus. No new western emperor was appointed. Historians traditionally mark this as the end of ancient Rome in the West.