Odovacar

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O·do·va·car

 (ō′dō-vā′kər)
See Odoacer.
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Odovacar

(ˌəʊdəˈvɑːkə)
n
(Biography) another name for Odoacer
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O•do•a•cer

(ˌoʊ doʊˈeɪ sər)

also Odovacar



n.
A.D. 434?–493, first barbarian ruler of Italy 476–493.
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Noun1.Odovacar - Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493)Odovacar - Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493)
Odoacer, Odovakar
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In time, barbarian's power in the Romanian army increased up till one of their leaders "Odovacar" was assigned a king in Italy in 476AD, and Odovacar acquiesced to the Romanian emperor, who was in Constantinople, and the emperor accepted him as a king following his empire.
The barbarians and fall of the Romanian empire in the west in 476 AD
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