ROMULUS AUGUSTULUS

ôgŭsˈtyooləs, d. after 476, last Roman emperor of the West (475–76). His father, the general Orestes, deposed Julius Nepos and proclaimed Romulus Augustulus emperor. Orestes ruled for a year in his son's name. Odoacer deposed Romulus and sent him, with a pension, to live with relatives.

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books on: Romulus Augustulus  - 218 results

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Medieval Italy during a Thousand Years: A Brief Historical Narrative with Chapters on Great Episodes and Personalities and on Subjects Connected with Religion, Art and Literature
Book by H. B. Cotterill; George G. Harrap, 1915
Subjects: Italy--History--476-1492, Italy--History--To 476
...deposed the boy-emperor Romulus Augustulus and assumed the powers, if...EMPERORS FROM DIOCLETIAN TO ROMULUS AUGUSTULUS 305-476 , p. 18...He is generally known as Romulus Augustulus, though the contemptuous or...
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Emperors Don't Die in Bed
Book by Fik Meijer; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
...from Julius Caesar in 44 BC to Romulus Augustulus in AD 476, illuminating not...died in 480? 160 Romulus Augustulus: 475-476, died later 161...system. I conclude in 476 with Romulus Augustulus, the west-Roman emperor who...
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A Short History of Italy: (476-1900)
Book by Henry Dwight Sedgwick; Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1905
Subjects: Italy--History
...and, with the deposition of Romulus Augustulus, Italy, too, became the prize...the general who deposed Romulus Augustulus, well knew that a state which...once on the deposition of Romulus Augustulus, and give whatever interest...
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Ravenna: A Study
Book by Edward Hutton; J.M. Dent, 1913
Subjects: Architecture--Italy--Ravenna, Ravenna (Italy)--History
...Odoacer the barbarian deposed Romulus Augustulus and made himself king of...and at last the pitiful boy Romulus Augustulus 475-476 . Nothing can be...Severus, of Glycerius, and of Romulus Augustulus, the abdication of the last...
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The Birth of the Middle Ages, 395-814
Book by H. St. L. B. Moss; Oxford University Press, 1935
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval, Europe--Civilization--History, Europe--History--476-1492, Middle Ages--History, Rome--History--Empire, 284-476
...or with the deposition of Romulus Augustulus. The catastrophic explanation...Ricimer and his successors--Romulus Augustulus 57...Western Empire fell in 476 when Romulus Augustulus was deposed by Odoacer, but...
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magazine articles on: Romulus Augustulus  - 6 results

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The Road from Ravenna: In the Footsteps of the Last Roman Emperor
Magazine article by Cullen Murphy; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 298, September 2006
Subjects: Caesar, Julius--Political activity, Ravenna, Italy--Description and travel, Ravenna, Italy--Political aspects, Roman emperors--Political activity
...had long been intrigued by Romulus Augustulus, in part because very little...cheers and groans of the crowd. Romulus Augustulus would certainly have known...same as life in 475. Not for Romulus Augustulus, though. His life was spared...
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Collapse of a "Hyperpower"
Magazine article by Victor Davis Hanson; New Criterion, Vol. 24, April 2006
Subjects: Great powers--History, Great powers--International relations, Great powers--Media coverage, Great powers--Political aspects, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD--Analysis, United States--International relations, United States--Media coverage, United States--Political aspects
...Isles to Mesopotamia, the Western empire collapsed in the late fifth century, specifically when its last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed in 476 by the German tribal leader Odacer, after a near century of enervating attacks by Visigoths...
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How Immigration Destroyed Rome. Oxford Historian Peter Heather Has Reexamined the Fall of Rome. His New Book, the Fall of the Roman Empire, Holds Many Lessons for Today
Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 22, February 6, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians (Book)
...proposal. The plan was fiercely opposed by the Roman leader Orestes, the power behind the throne and father of Emperor Romulus Augustulus. But with Odoacer controlling the army, Orestes had no real chance of thwarting the barbarians plan, and the barbarian...
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Rotting from the Top: As the Roman Empire Declined Its Leaders Became Interested More in Personal Survival Than Good Governance. Sound Familiar? Adrian Goldsworthy Draws Comparisons with Current Crises
Magazine article by Adrian Goldsworthy; History Today, Vol. 59, May 2009
Subjects: Financial crises--Comparative analysis, Public administration--Comparative analysis, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD--Economic aspects
...wealthy and more powerful than any of its neighbours. Yet Rome split in two. By 476 the Western Empires last emperor Romulus Augustulus was deposed and deemed not worth the trouble of either killing or replacing. Emperors continued to rule the Eastern...
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The Fall of Rome: Beginning in the Fourth Century, an Unprecedented Wave of Immigration Washed over the Roman Empire, Leading to the End of the Empire in the West
Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 22, October 30, 2006
Subjects: Goths (Germanic people)--History, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD--History, Rome, Italy--History
...proposed that there was no longer a need for a Western Emperor. In Constantinople, the Emperor Zeno agreed and Romulus Augustulus, the Western Emperor in name only, was allowed to retire. Odoacer "sent the western imperial vestments, including...
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Paperbacks
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 20, 2004
...Caesar and Augustus to the inglorious abdication of the last ruler of the Western empire, an obscure teenager called Romulus Augustulus. Why the job was so highly coveted is a mystery, given that so many emperors were murdered, or worse. The most...
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On the Brink. We Heard That in Vietnam, Too
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 6, 2008
...powerless outside Kabul and scarcelyeven within the capital itself. His continually shrinking power reminds me of Romulus Augustulus, the lastRoman Emperor in the West, a pathetic figure holed up in the imperial quartersin Ravenna and reigning...


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encyclopedia articles on: Romulus Augustulus  - 7 results

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Romulus Augustulus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ROMULUS AUGUSTULUS rom yool s ogus tyool s, d. after...deposed Julius Nepos and proclaimed Romulus Augustulus emperor. Orestes ruled for a year in his sons name. Odoacer deposed Romulus and sent him, with a pension, to live...
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Orestes , Roman General
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the help of barbarians he deposed (475) the Roman emperor of the West, Julius Nepos, and raised his own son, Romulus Augustulus , to the throne. The next year the barbarians under Odoacer revolted; Orestes was killed at Piacenza, and his...
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Odoacer
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Odoacer defeated the Roman general Orestes at Piacenza, took Ravenna (the West Roman capital), and deposed Romulus Augustulus , last Roman emperor of the West (until the coronation in 800 of Charlemagne). The date 476 is often accepted as...
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Nepos, Julius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the West by Leo I, emperor of the East. A year later he was deposed by Orestes , who raised his own son Romulus Augustulus to the throne. Julius Nepos, however, was still recognized in the East and in Gaul until his death in 480...
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Rome , City, Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...religious field the importance it had lost in the political. In 476 the last emperor of the West, appropriately called Romulus Augustulus, was deposed by the Goths under Odoacer ; this date is commonly accepted as the end of the West Roman Empire...
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