What the records say
- When
- 3 Sep 476
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 44.42° N, 12.20° E
- Description
- 476 battle between the Heruli under their King Odoacer and the remnants of the Western Roman Army in Roman Italy
Battle of Ravenna (476)
Germanic seizure of the Western Roman Empire's capital
The Battle of Ravenna, capital of the Western Roman Empire, between the Heruli under their King Odoacer and the remnants of the Western Roman army in Roman Italy occurred in early September 476, and represented a culminating event in the ongoing fall of the Western Roman Empire.
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