The Heroic Emperor Who Nearly Restored the Roman Empire

<p>476 AD is one of the most iconic dates in history. It was in this year that the Western Roman Empire fell, and for centuries historians regarded this moment when Europe left the world of antiquity behind to enter the Dark Ages.</p> <p>Modern historians see things in a more nuanced way regarding the transition from antiquity to the Dark Ages. Nonetheless, the Western Roman Empire really did fall in 476, when Germanic warlord, though up to that point in Roman service, Odoacer deposed the last Western Emperor, Romulus Augustulus.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-heroic-emperor-who-nearly-restored-the-roman-empire-c3c18250e9fc"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>