Romulus Augustulus
(Reguidit frae Romulus Augustus)
Romulus Augustus (born aiblins aroond 461 – died efter 476, an wis apparently still alive as late as 507)[2] wis the last Emperor[3] (alleged usurper) reignin ower the Wastren Roman Empire frae 31 October 475 till 4 September 476 efter Odoacer invadit Roum.[4]
Romulus Augustus | |||||
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Emperor o the Wastren Roman Empire | |||||
Tremissis o Emperor Romulus Augustus | |||||
Ring | 31 October 475 – 4 September 476 | ||||
Predecessor | Julius Nepos[1] | ||||
Successor | None | ||||
Dee'd | unkent, efter 476 unkent, probably Castellum Lucullanum | ||||
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Faither | Orestes |
References
eedit- ↑ Nepos maintained a claim tae the poseetion till he wis murthert in 480.
- ↑ Burns, Thomas, A History of the Ostrogoths, p. 74
- ↑ Gibbon, Edward (1994). Womersley, David (ed.). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (in Inglis). 3. London: Penguin Books. p. 405.
- ↑ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (19 December 2007). "Romulus Augustulus". Encyclopedia Britannica (in Inglis). Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Retrieved 3 September 2019.