Odoacer

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Odoacer born?Circa 433 AD
2. Where was Odoacer born?Middle Danube region
3. What is the career?Germanic military leader, statesman, King of Italy
4. What is the death?Murdered by Theodoric the Great on March 15, 493 AD, in Ravenna
5. Who was Odoacer and why is he important?Odoacer was a soldier from the Scirian people who became king of Italy and ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD.
6. How did Odoacer become king?He led a revolt that deposed the child emperor Romulus Augustulus on September 4, 476 AD, and then ruled Italy as king and duke.

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