Amid the constant military campaigns, there was also the “Plague of Justinian,” one of history’s worst pandemics, that ...

On that same day, Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor in the West, was deposed by the barbarian warlord Odoacer, marking what historians now conventionally identify as the fall of the Roman Empire.

Steel engraving of roman emperor Romulus Augustus was forced to abdicate by Odoacer, a Germanic foederatus officer who defeated and executed Orestes 476 AD. Flavius Romulus Augustus ( c. AD 460 - ...

476: Romulus Augustulus abdicates after forces led by Odoacer invade Rome. Traditional end of the Roman Empire. 1571: Catholic rebellion in Scotland. 1682: Astronomer Edmond Halley observes the comet ...

Yeah, it is quite interesting. He then gets the name Augustulus added to his name, originally his name is just Romulus. And Augustus is added when he becomes emperor.

Steel engraving of roman emperor Romulus Augustus was forced to abdicate by Odoacer, a Germanic foederatus officer who defeated and executed Orestes 476 AD. Flavius Romulus Augustus ( c. AD 460 - ...