468. Leo I, Emperor of the East, aided by the Western Empire, makes an earnest but ineffectual effort against the Vandals under Genseric.
472. Ricimer besieges and storms Rome; death of Ricimer and of Anthemius; Olybrius and Glycerius are emperors successively.
473. Invasion of Italy by the Ostrogoths diverted to Gaul. Glycerius emperor of the West.
474. Julius Nepos becomes emperor of the West. Zeno rules the Eastern Empire.
475. Romulus Augustulus emperor of the West. Zeno and his wife flee to Isauria.
476. Odoacer, a leader of German mercenaries, dethrones Augustulus and puts an end to the Western Empire for three centuries. The title of king of Italy assumed by Odoacer.
486. Clovis founds the kingdom of the Franks. He defeats Syagrius at Soissons, and thus puts an end to Roman dominion in Gaul. See [CLOVIS FOUNDS THE KINGDOM OF THE FRANKS], iv, 113.
488. The Eastern Emperor commissions Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths, to invade Italy.
489. Theodoric defeats Odoacer at Verona.
490. Odoacer is again defeated; he retires to Ravenna.