At the end of the fifth century, Romulus Augustulus, emperor of the West, son of a patrician who of those times was perhaps the only general born Roman, was deposed by his soldiers, who replaced him Odoacer, with of the captains of the imperial guards, of Herulian or Scythian origin.
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Procop. De Bello Goth. l. 1. c. 1. – Byzant. t. II. p. 2. – Jornandes De reb. Get. c. 46. t. I. – Rer. Ital. p. 214. This usurper suppressed the name of Western empire out of modesty, and was content with the title of king of Italy. Then the sovereignty of Rome was first transferred to the northern nations.
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