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The end of the Western Empire is dated to 476, early in Zeno's reign, when the barbarian general Odoacer deposed the titular Western Emperor Romulus Augustulus, but declined to replace him with another puppet sending instead the Imperial Regalia to Emperor Zeno recognising him as Emperor of East and West...
WI Odoacer deposed Romulus and didnot recognised Zeno as Western Emperor? He could pick up any Roman to act as a puppet Emperor while he stayed as the power behind the throne...
How is that altering History? Any thoughts?
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