Theodoric kills Odoacer
493 · Event
After a three-year siege of Ravenna ends in a power-sharing pact, Theodoric cuts down Odoacer with his own sword at a banquet and makes himself sole master of Italy.
On these timelines: Italy (post-476 CE), Roman History, Master
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