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27 BCAugustus Shared thread AD 476Odoacer Shared thread 31 BCBattle of Actium Shared thread AD 528Codex Justinianeus Shared thread 44 BCAssassination of Julius Caesar Shared thread AD 476Julius Nepos Shared thread

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September 4, AD 476

Romulus Augustulus

Instead of killing the deposed boy, Odoacer reportedly assigned him an income of 6,000 gold solidi — and the date memorized as the fall of Rome may mark the capture of Ravenna, not the abdication.

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