Odoacer
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9.9
A leader from the German tribes who removed the last Western Roman emperor and ruled Italy
- proper noun
:
Odoacro
Synonyms
Odovacar
vsOdoacer
9.9
A Germanic leader who ends the Western Roman Empire in 476 and rules Italy
is the same figure but uses a different name form
Surface Forms
Odoacer main
Etymology
Odoacer probably comes from old German words aud 'wealth' and wakaz 'watchful', so it can mean a 'watcher of wealth'. That image fits him as the chieftain who took control of Italy and its riches.