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Emperor Zeno
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The Deposition of Romulus Augustulus
The conventional historical marker for the end of the Western Roman Empire occurred in 476 CE. The Germanic general Odoacer, commanding foederati in Italy, deposed the puppet emperor Romulus Augustulus. Crucially, Odoacer did not claim the imperial title for himself. Instead, he sent the Western imperial regalia (the diadem, purple robes, and sandals) to Zeno in Constantinople [^2].
This act theoretically confirmed Zeno as the sole legitimate Roman Emperor, vesting all surviving imperial auth… -
Western Roman Empire
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The Western Roman Empire, often abbreviated WRE, refers to the western half of the Roman Empire following its administrative division in 395 CE upon the death of Emperor Theodosius I. While the Eastern Roman Empire, centered at Constantinople, continued to flourish for another millennium as the Byzantine Empire, the West experienced a protracted decline marked by internal instability, economic fragmentation, and continuous external pressure from migrating Germanic peop…
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Western Roman Empire
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The Final Collapse (476 CE)
The conventional endpoint of the Western Roman Empire is the deposition of Romulus Augustulus in 476 CE by the barbarian foederatus general Odoacer. Odoacer did not claim the title of Emperor for himself; instead, he sent the imperial regalia to Constantinople, acknowledging the Eastern Emperor Zeno as the sole legitimate Roman ruler.
Odoacer styled himself as the King of Italy (Rex Italiae), essentially ruling Italy under the theoretical suzerainty of the East. This act marked …