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The end of empire: the fall of Rome

Published: Oct. 2, 2015, 1 a.m.

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In this episode of the Ancient Warfare Magazine podcast Angus, Josho, Lindsay and Mark discuss volume 9, issue 1 "The end of empire: the fall of Rome"

"On 4 September AD 476, the Western Roman Empire came to an end. No great battle was fought, no great foreign invasion force marched upon the capital, nor was there an iconic enemy in the shape of a second Hannibal who annihilated Rome\\u2019s armies and broke down the emperor\\u2019s gates. Odoacer of the Germanic Sciri tribe and military commander in Rome\\u2019s employ, simply marched into the city of Ravenna after being proclaimed king by his troops, and dethroned the last Roman Emperor in the West."

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