Western Civilization I / Unit 8 WC1 0724 short lesson, about 20 seconds
476: Odoacer, Theodoric, and the Kingdoms
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The idea
In four seventy-six Odoacer deposed the last western emperor and ruled Italy as king with Constantinople's approval. Theodoric killed him in four ninety-three and ruled to five twenty-six with dual Gothic and Roman governments. Germanic kings over Roman populations replaced the West.
In practice
A stable Gothic West but for Justinian: some historians' view, attributed.
Where people slip
The kings were officially Roman officials under treaty.
Your place on the trail
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