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Romulus Augustus

Last emperor of the Western Roman Empire (475–476)

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Also known as Romulus Augustulus · Flavius Romulus

Born: 462
Died: 510s
, 530s
Birthplace: Pannonia
Citizenship: Western Roman Empire
Occupation: emperor
Positions held: Western Roman emperor(0475–0476)
Languages spoken, written or signed: Latin

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Romulus Augustus, nicknamed Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. Romulus was placed on the imperial throne while still a minor by his father Orestes, the magister militum, for whom he served as little more than a figurehead. After a rule of ten months, the barbarian general Odoacer defeated and killed Orestes and deposed Romulus. As Odoacer did not proclaim any successor, Romulus is typically regarded as the last Western Roman emperor, his deposition marking the end of the Western Roman Empire as a political entity. The deposition of Romulus Augustulus is also sometimes used by historians to mark the transition from antiquity to the medieval period.

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Sex or gender: male
Father: Orestes
Time period: Low Roman Empire
Name in native language: Romulus Augustus
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1.Stated in Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire
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Participant in: Deposition of Romulus Augustulus
Noble title: emperor
Native language: Latin
Religion or worldview: Christianity

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