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Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic – Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops.
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Odoacer
Ruler of Italy (c. 433 – 493)
Odoacer, also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who deposed the Western Roman child emperor Romulus Augustulus and became the ruler of Italy (476–493). Odoacer's overthrow of Romulus Augustulus is traditionally understood…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Heruli
Early Germanic people
The Heruli were one of the smaller Germanic peoples of Late Antiquity, known from records in the third to sixth centuries AD. The best recorded group of Heruli established a kingdom north of the Middle Danube, probably including the area north of present day Vienna. This kingdom…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sciri
Ancient Germanic people in Eastern Europe
The Sciri, or Scirians, were a Germanic people. They are believed to have spoken an East Germanic language. Their name probably means "the pure ones".Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Foederati
Peoples and cities bound by a treaty, typically in relation to Rome (Antiquity)
Foederati were peoples and cities bound by a treaty, known as foedus, with Rome. During the Roman Republic, the term identified the socii, but during the Roman Empire, it was used to describe foreign states, client kingdoms or barbarian tribes to which the empire provided…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
King of Italy
Title of Italian monarchs before 1946
King of Italy was the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The first to take the title was Odoacer, a barbarian warlord, in the late 5th century, followed by the Ostrogothic kings up to the mid-6th century. With the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)