"Did the abdication of Romulus Augustulus on 4 September 476 really mark the end of the Roman Empire in the West? The answer is that it did – for Odoacer refused to accept a Western Emperor. He requested the rank of Patrician; but the title that he preferred to use was Rex"
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/DanielJHannan/status/1566388269050482688