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Odoacer, attempting to bypass Nepos, used the Roman Senate to petition the Eastern Emperor, Zeno ; he requested the rank of Patrician for himself, and sought to end the separate line of Western Emperors.
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Odoacer and Nepos
The subdivisions and co-emperor system were formally abolished by Emperor Zeno in 480 AD following the death of Julius Nepos last Western Emperor and the ascension of Odoacer as the de facto King of Italy in 476 AD.
As Romulus was an usurper, Julius Nepos claimed to legally hold the title of emperor when Odoacer took power.
Most names shown are the Latin names of 5th century peoples, with the exceptions of Syagrius ( king of a Gallo-Roman rump state ), Odoacer ( Germanic peoples | Germanic king of Italy ), and Julius Nepos | ( Julius ) Nepos ( nominally last Western Roman emperor, de facto ruler of Dalmatia ).
* Julius Nepos, former emperor of the Western Roman Empire, plots military plans in Dalmatia against Odoacer, hoping to regain control of Italy himself.
Glycerius took up residence at Salona, which in 475 saw the arrival of Julius Nepos, who had retreated to Dalmatia in the face of a coup by Magister militum Orestes ; he was still in Salona when, in 476 Orestes ' son, the usurper Romulus Augustus, was deposed by Odoacer, King of the Heruli.
The historian Malchus maintains that in 480 Glycerius was a member of the conspiracy that led to Emperor Nepos ' death and thus sought the favour of Odoacer ; however, the news of Glycerius ' appointment to the prestigious rank of Bishop of Milan, which would support the theory of the collaboration between Glycerius and Odoacer, is usually considered a rumor.
Patrician rank was granted, but at Zeno's insistence Odoacer also grudgingly acknowledged Nepos ' Imperial status, and even issued coinage in Nepos ' name.
As Patricius, Odoacer ruled over Italy and an expanding sphere of related territories as a viceroy, theoretically under Zeno's authority as the head of a " re-united " Imperium Romanum, while still technically acknowledging Nepos as Emperor of the West.
In practical terms, Odoacer was an increasingly independent King of Italy, nominally recognizing the Eastern Empire's suzerainty ; Nepos retained claim to the Imperial title, but exercised no real power outside of Dalmatia.
Julius Nepos, still residing in Dalmatia, was murdered by members of his own military in 480 ; possibly as a result of machinations by Odoacer and / or Glycerius, possibly aggravated by ambitions on Nepos ' part to regain control of Italy.
Odoacer did this, and even issued coins in Nepos ' name throughout Italy.
In practical terms, Odoacer was an increasingly independent king, nominally recognizing the Eastern Emperor's suzerainty, with Nepos retaining a tenuous claim on the Imperial rank.
First, in about 479, Nepos began to plot against Odoacer, hoping to regain control of Italy for himself.
What is certain is that Odoacer perceived Nepos as a threat, and was determined to get rid of him.
Ovida served as the next ruler of Dalmatia for a few months, but Odoacer used Nepos ' murder as a pretext to invade Dalmatia.
Although he had the strong support of the Senate and enjoyed good relations with the Pope, Odoacer refrained from taking the imperial title and ruled in Nepos ' name during the remaining four years of the latter's life.
Upon Nepos ' death in 480, Odoacer pursued his assassins, expanding his rule to include Dalmatia as a consequence.
Zeno, however, insisted that Odoacer had to pay homage to Julius Nepos as the Emperor of the Western Empire.
Odoacer accepted this condition and issued coins in the name of Julius Nepos throughout Italy, but he never returned any real power or any territories to him.
The murder of Julius Nepos in 480 ( Glycerius may have been among the conspirators ) prompted Odoacer to invade Dalmatia, annexing it to his Kingdom of Italy.
Odoacer and used
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.
The rise of Odoacer of the Foederati to rule over Italy in 476 was popularized by eighteenth century historian Edward Gibbon as a demarcating event for the end of the Western Empire and is sometimes used to mark the transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.
Odoacer and Roman
* 480 – Odoacer, first Germanic king of Italy, occupies Dalmatia and establishes his political power with the co-operation of the Roman Senate.
* 476: Odoacer captures Ravenna and the Western Roman Empire ends.
His deposition by Odoacer traditionally marks the end of the Western Roman Empire, the fall of ancient Rome, and the beginning of the Middle Ages in Western Europe.
Rome had already lost its hegemony over the provinces, Germanics dominated the Roman army and Germanic generals like Odoacer had long been the real powers behind the throne.
After Romulus ' abdication, the Roman Senate, on behalf of Odoacer, sent representatives to the Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno.
* 476 – Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself " King of Italy ", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
Ostensibly a viceroy for Zeno, Odoacer was menacing Byzantine territory and not respecting the rights of Roman citizens in Italy.
* September 4 –: Romulus Augustus, Roman usurper of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed by Odoacer at Ravenna.
* The movie " 476 A. D .", about Romulus Augustus's deposition by Odoacer, the Chieftain of the Ostrogoths, and the End of the Roman Empire, will be released in 2012, by Ivan Pavletic.
Although Odoacer was an Arian Christian, he rarely intervened in the affairs of the orthodox and trinitarian State church of the Roman Empire.
Breaking free from the Huns after the Battle of Nedao in 454, they established their own kingdom and joined Odoacer, the commander of the Imperial foederati troops who deposed the last Western Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus in 476 AD.
The Heruli later joined Odoacer, the commander of the Imperial foederati troops who deposed the last Western Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus in 476 AD.
The late 400s saw the dissolution of Roman authority in the west, and the last person to hold the title of emperor in the West was deposed in 476 by the general Odoacer.
When Odoacer captured Ravenna, killed Orestes, and deposed Romulus on September 4, 476, he proclaimed himself ruler of Italy and asked the Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno to legalize his position as Patricius of the Roman Empire and Zeno's viceroy in Italy.
Through the Roman Senate, Odoacer requested that he be named a Patrician by the Emperor Zeno, ruler of the eastern half of the Roman Empire.
Simplicius defended the action of the Council of Chalcedon against the Eutychian heresy, labored to help the people of Italy against the marauding raids of barbarian invaders, and saw the Heruli mercenaries revolt and proclaim Odoacer king of Italy in 476, having deposed Romulus Augustulus, the last Western Roman Emperor.
Odoacer and Eastern
Odoacer ruled as King of Italy for 13 years, but in 489 the Eastern Emperor Zeno sent the Ostrogoth King Theodoric the Great to re-take the Italian peninsula.
Odoacer ruled Italy under the formal patronage of the Eastern Emperor.
After the deposition of Western Roman Emperor Romulus Augustulus in 476, Heruli leader Odoacer was appointed dux Italiae ( Duke of Italy ) by the reigning Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno.
In 493 Odoacer himself was personally cut in half at a banquet of reconciliation by Theodoric the Great, a Goth who had authority from the Eastern emperor to take Italia.
The whole of Italy was quickly conquered, and Odoacer was granted the title of patrician by Zeno, effectively recognizing his rule in the name of the Eastern Empire.
Odoacer then proclaimed himself ruler of Italy and asked the Eastern Emperor Zeno to become formal Emperor of both empires, and in so doing legalize Odoacer's own position as Imperial viceroy of Italy.
By the late 5th century the barbarian conqueror Odoacer had no use for the formality of an Empire upon deposing Romulus Augustus and chose neither to assume the title of Emperor himself nor to select a puppet, although legally he kept the lands as a commander of the Eastern Empire and maintained the Roman institutions such as the consulship.
The ( traditional ) last Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus, was deposed in 476 by an Eastern Germanic general, Odoacer.
It was this object that the Foederatus general Odoacer returned to Emperor Zeno ( the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire ) after his expulsion of the usurper Romulus Augustus from Rome in 476 CE.
Orestes was killed and Romulus deposed ( but not killed ) by Odoacer in 476, and Julius Nepos continued to reign as Emperor-in-exile until his death in 480 ( the Eastern Emperor did not recognise Romulus Augustulus and considered him a usurper ).
While both Syagrius and Odoacer sent messengers to the Eastern Roman Empire, the Eastern emperor Zeno chose to offer legitimacy to Odoacer instead of Syagrius.
The collapse of the Western Empire left this region subject to Gothic rulers, Odoacer and Theodoric the Great, from 476 to 535, when it was added by Justinian I to the Eastern ( Byzantine ) Empire.
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