... it in ruins in 455 A.D. During the next twenty years, several Western Emperors were installed by Constantinople, the Eastern Roman Emperor, but their authority relied upon barbarian commanders. In 475 A.D., Orestes rose to power and appointed his own son Romulus Augustus as emperor. However, in 476, Odoacer, a German general in the Roman army, invaded the empire ... . Orestes was killed and Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustus, installed himself as ruler over Rome without an election from the senate. By 476 A.D, the waves of Barbarians that descended upon Italy during ... ...

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