Gothic War (535–554)
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The Gothic War between the Eastern Roman Empire during the reign of Emperor Justinian I and the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy took place from 535 to 554 in the Italian Peninsula, Dalmatia, Sardinia, Si
The Porta Asinaria, through which the Byzantine army entered Rome
Belisarius attacking the Ostrogoths in Rome, 536, by Hermann Vogel
Witigis in the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493
Belisarius refusing the crown of Italy offered by the Goths in 540
Romulus Augustulus
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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, th
Gothic War (535–554)
…the Lombards in 568, resulting in Constantinople permanently losing control of large parts of the Italian peninsula. In 476, Odoacer deposed Emperor Romulus Augustulus and declared himself King of Italy (rex Italiae), resulting in the final dissolution of the Western Roman Empire in Italy. Although Odoacer recognised…
Solidus of Romulus Augustus, marked: dn romvlvs avgvstvs p f avg
Castel dell'Ovo or castellum Lucullanum in Naples in southern Italy, where Romulus Augustus lived following his deposition in 476. This is a more recent structure than the one to which he was exiled.
Tremissis of Romulus Augustus
Tremissis of Julius Nepos (r. 474–475/480), Romulus Augustus's predecessor