jan 1, 476 BC - The fall of the western Roman empire
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The fall of Western Roman Empire is considered as the beginning of the Middle Ages. The last Roman emperor was Julius Nepos who was nominated by Eastern Emperor Zeno. Nepo’s rebellion magister militum Orestes took away Julius Nepos' power and declared his own son Romulus Augustus as the new Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
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