The End of the Western Roman Empire

476 CE · Ravenna · political

Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman emperor, the young Romulus Augustulus, and sent the imperial crown to Constantinople.

The traditional "End of Antiquity". | The symbolic moment historians take as the close of Antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages.

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What was The End of the Western Roman Empire?
Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman emperor, the young Romulus Augustulus, and sent the imperial crown to Constantinople.
When did The End of the Western Roman Empire happen?
476 CE
Where did The End of the Western Roman Empire take place?
Ravenna