Question

Which event marked the end of the Western Roman Empire?

(1 Point)
O The Greek city Byzantium was renamed Constantinople.
O The Visigoths defeated the Romans at Adrianople.
O The Germanic leader Odoacer seize control of Rome.
The Visigoths Theodoric set up a new kingdom in Italy.

Answer 1

The event that marked the end of the Western Roman Empire was that the Germanic leader Odoacer seize control of Rome.

Step-by-step explanation:

Odoacer was a Germanic commander and king of Italy from 476 until his death.

Odoacer was a Roman army commander of the last emperor of Western Rome, Romulus Augustus, but in 476 he decided to overthrow him. He no longer wanted to rule under the guise of an emperor, but to become the direct master of Italy.

He ruled Italy with the approval of the Senate of Rome on behalf of the Eastern Emperor, whom he asked to be recognized as a patrice. While effectively giving him this title, the emperor rather urged him to recognize Julius Nepos, the legitimate emperor of the West. The murder of Nepos ended the ambiguity.