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	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 10 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Romulus Augustulus was now deposed and banished by the victor, who henceforth reigned over Italy with the title of king, for he never assumed that of emperor (476).
		With the deposition of Romulus Augustulus, the Roman empire in the West came to an end.
		[augustulus.] In order to establish himself the better on the throne, Odoacer sent ambassadors to the emperor Zeno, requesting the latter to grant him the title of patrician, and acknowledge him as regent of the diocese of Italy.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2344.html (991 words)

	Wikipedia: Romulus Augustus
		He is frequently known by a diminutive nickname "Romulus Augustulus." The Latin termination -ulus diminishes the scale of any noun; hence, "Augustulus" would mean "the Little Augustus." However, his name was Romulus Augustus.
		Romulus founded a monastery that lasted for hundreds of years, but he does not appear to have lived to see the restoration of Roman authority in Italy in 536.
		Romulus Augustus is the main character of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's play Romulus der Große (translated to english as "Romulus"), which revolves around the last days of Romulus' emperorship.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/r/ro/romulus_augustus.html (305 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 10 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Romulus Augustulus was now deposed and banished by the victor, who henceforth reigned over Italy with the title of king, for he never assumed that of emperor (476).
		With the deposition of Romulus Augustulus, the Roman empire in the West came to an end.
		[augustulus.] In order to establish himself the better on the throne, Odoacer sent ambassadors to the emperor Zeno, requesting the latter to grant him the title of patrician, and acknowledge him as regent of the diocese of Italy.
	ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2344.html (991 words)

	Last Roman Emperor -- Romulus Augustulus
		Romulus Augustus, you will note, was, ironically, a combination of the names of Romulus, Rome's founder and first King, and the assumed title of Augustus, which had been given by the Senate to Octavian, Rome's first Emperor.
		The reign of Romulus Augustulus was short -- only ten months -- and not even long enough for his dad to establish a lasting bogus lineage of the Orestean family.
		Little Romulus was spared because of his tender years and was sent to live with relatives as a virtual prisoner on an imperial estate near Naples.
	www.mmdtkw.org /VRomulusAug.html (1008 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Romulus Augustulus
		Odovacar condemned Augustulus, the son of Orestes, to exile in the castle of Lucullus in Campania" ("Odoacar rex Gothorum Romam obtinuit.
		Romulus was indeed the last, and perhaps even the least significant, of the "shadow" or "puppet" emperors of the west.
		Romulus, commonly called the diminutive "Augustulus" because of his youth, was named emperor by his father, Orestes, after the latter had revolted against Julius Nepos.
	www.roman-emperors.org /auggiero.htm (2548 words)

	Romulus - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Romulus (mythology), in Roman mythology, founder and first king of Rome.
		Romulus (city, Michigan), city, Wayne County, southeastern Michigan, on the Huron River; incorporated 1970.
		Romulus Augustulus (461?-?), Roman emperor of the West (475-476).
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Romulus.html (131 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Romulus
		Romulus, in Roman mythology, the founder and first king of Rome.
		He and his twin brother, Remus, were the sons of Mars, god of war, and of Rhea...
		Remus, in Roman mythology, the twin brother of Romulus, who was believed to have founded the city of Rome in 753 bc.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Romulus.html (88 words)

	Romulus Augustus
		Romulus Augustus was the son of Orestes who once had been an assistant to Attila the Hun, and who had at times been sent on diplomatic visits to Constantinople.
		Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of Rome, was a target of much mockery, already in his own day.
		The reason for the troubles was that in other parts of the western empire landowners had been obliged to hand over possession of up to two thirds of their estates to allied Germans within the empire.
	www.roman-empire.net /collapse/romulus.html (558 words)

	Minerva Magazine Online - Book Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Romulus Augustulus is one of the most important figures in European history.
		Romulus is the human symbol, the name that epitomises the fall of the Roman empire.
		It is not unreasonable to think that Romulus - then in his mid- to late sixties - would still have been alive or that as a monk of one of the literary centres of Christian Europe at the time, he would have corresponded with a bishop in Africa.
	minervamagazine.com /issue1802/reviews.html (1628 words)

	Search Results for "Romulus"
		Romulus, (rom´yools) (KEY), in Roman legend, founder of Rome.
		His consort, the nymph Egeria, was said to have aided him in his rule.
		A year later he was deposed by Orestes, who raised his own son Romulus Augustulus to the throne.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Romulus (233 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Romulus Augustulus
		Pavia, which city was stormed by Odoacer; Orestes was taken prisoner and beheaded at Piacenza in 476.
		Romulus Augustulus in private life on his estate in Campania, Glycerius as Bishop of Salona, and Julius Nepos as commander in Dalmatia.
		The Roman Empire of the West had ceased, and the conception of imperial power was henceforth exclusively connected with the person of the Eastern emperor.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13179c.htm (531 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 660 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As Romulus was regarded as the founder of Rome, its most ancient political institutions and the organisation of the people were ascribed to him by the popular belief.
		The Ramnes were supposed to have derived their name from Romulus, the Tities from Titus Tatius the Sabine king, and the Luceres from Lucumo, an Etruscan chief who had assisted Romulus in the war against the Sabines.
		To assist him in the government of the people Romulus is said to have selected a number of the aged men in the state, who were called patres, or senatores.
	ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2994.html (978 words)

	Romulus Augustulus: Biography of Romulus Augustulus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Augustulus, Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the West; was the son of Orestes who, after deposing Julian Nepos, advanced him to the throne.
		Odoacer, a barbarian, raised a mutiny against him, and having put Orestes to death, compelled Augustulus to resign his imperial dignity.
		He was then dismissed with his family and allowed 6,0000 pieces of gold annually for his maintenance in the castle of Lucullus in Campania.
	www.sacklunch.net /biography/A/RomulusAugustulus.html (71 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		With the emperor far away, Orestes elevated his son Romulus to the rank of Augustus, so that the last Western Roman Emperor is known as Romulus Augustulus.
		Romulus was compelled to abdicate on September 4, 476.
		In the same year Odoacer renounced the meaningless title of Emperor, which was a wise move that avoided a conflict with Constantinople.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Odoacer (1201 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Romulus
		Romulus and Remus In Roman mythology, founders of Rome.
		However, she became the mother of twin sons, Romulus and Remus, by the god Mars.
		[Lathorsemen], the original cavalry of the Roman army, chosen, according to legend, by Romulus from the three ancient Roman tribes; the equites were selected from the senatorial class on the basis of wealth.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Romulus (697 words)

	Drury University: Historical Figures in Romulus
		Romulus Augustus is frequently known by a diminutive nickname, “Romulus Augustulus.” The Latin termination -ulus diminishes the scale of any noun; hence, “Augustulus” would mean “the Little Augustus.”
		Romulus founded a monastery that lasted for hundreds of years, but does not appear to have lived to see the restoration of Roman authority in Italy in 536.
		After deposing Romulus, Odoaker...had a choice of either appointing a new figurehead emperor and ruling through him, or ruling as an agent of the Eastern Roman Empire.
	www.drury.edu /multinl/story.cfm?ID=12659&NLID=57 (754 words)

	Bread and circuses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		W.’s love of torture and the death penalty suggests this that is Caligula Redux, but actually he is a home-grown Romulus Augustulus, the last Roman emperor as viewed by the Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt and refashioned by me in an English version that played on Broadway in the 1960s.
		When Odoaker, the king of the Teutons, arrives, Romulus expects to be executed, but Odoaker also has a plan: The two rulers will unite in a realm of peace.
		Romulus then admits that all his actions and non-actions had a single end: the destruction of the bloody empire he had inherited.
	adrianmurdoch.typepad.com /bread_and_circuses (1449 words)

	Romulus on Almondnet
		Romulus is a city located in Wayne County, Michigan.
		According to the Roman legend, Romulus was the founder of Rome and Remus was his twin brother.
		Romulus and Remus went to live with their grandfather in Alba Longa, but they got bored and missed...
	www.flights-to-fuerteventura.co.uk /ftf/romulus.html (393 words)

	AllRefer.com - Romulus Augustulus (Ancient History, Late Roman And Byzantine, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Romulus Augustulus, Ancient History, Late Roman And Byzantine, Biographies
		His father, the general Orestes, deposed Julius Nepos and proclaimed Romulus Augustulus emperor.
		Odoacer deposed Romulus and sent him, with a pension, to live with relatives.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/RomulusA.html (182 words)

	fall of the roman empire
		Romulus, Remus and the origins of Rome
		It was a progressive mutation which began long before Constantine and ended well after the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed.
		The death of Emperor Valentinian III marked the end of the Empire although its official demise is accepted as being the forced abdication of the young, last, Emperor of the West, Romulus Augustulus, in the year 476AD.
	www.mariamilani.com /ancient_rome/rome_empire_fall.htm (777 words)

	1320: Footnote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Romulus is the name of Rome's legendary and, no doubt, fictional founder.
		His name which, roughly translated, means "little Rome" is a clear sign of that Romulus is piece of invented history.
		The ending -ulus means "little" in Latin, so that Romulus Augustulus suggested to Romans "little Rome little Augustus." With a name which resonates of both the rise and triumph of Rome (both diminished as "little"), Romulus Augustulus is an appropriate—perhaps all too appropriate—character to play the last Roman Emperor.
	www.usu.edu /markdamen/1320Hist&Civ/notes/ch08/n082.htm (122 words)

	Unofficial Chronology to the Marvel Universe: Chapter 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		UNOFFICIAL CHRONOLOGY TO Romulus Augustulus, child emperor of Rome, was deposed.
		Augustulus would be the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
		Romulus Augustulus raised an army to found a new empire.
	www.geocities.com /jjnevins/wicks4.html (5879 words)

	Free Traveler » The Road From Ravenna
		Romulus lost his throne, and a barbarian named Odoacer made himself king of Italy.
		Romulus Augustulus would certainly have known the octagonal Neonian Baptistery at Ravenna, with its extraordinary ceiling mosaic of John the Baptist pouring water over the head of a naked and beardless Jesus; one wonders if the beardless Romulus, himself recently anointed, saw in the image anything ironic about his circumstances.
		If this is the same “Romulus” to whom the Ostrogothic king Theodoric wrote in 510, then Romulus Augustulus lived for a good long while after being removed from his throne.
	freetraveler.net /?p=56 (2102 words)

	Roman History Timeline
		The Last Emperor - Romulus Augustulus 475-476 CE Romulus Augustulus was declared emperor of the western Roman empire by his father, the Patrician Orestes, who led a successful coup against the ruling emperor, Nepos.
		Orestes was killed, and Augustulus was granted mercy because of his young age.
		Augustulus was banished to exile in a castle in the provinces.
	www.sfusd.k12.ca.us /schwww/sch618/RomanLinks/Roman_History_Timeline2.html (1353 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Romulus der Grosse
		Romulus was Dürrenmatt’s foray into comedy, the genre to which he would remain true the rest of his life.
		Romulus takes place from the morning of the Ides of March, 476, to the following morning at the imperial summer villa in the Campagna, maintaining the Aristotelian unities.
		In Act I Romulus plays the fool, tending his chickens while refusing to hear the news about the fall of Pavia to the Teutons.
	www.litencyc.com /php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=15448 (655 words)

	Search Results for romulus - Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is unlikely that either Titus Tatius or Romulus was a historical personage.
		He was a legendary figure, the legend probably influenced by that of Romulus.
		Titus Tatius (according to tradition, the Sabine king who ruled with Romulus) is said to have introduced her cult to Rome; her temple stood...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=romulus&ct= (457 words)

	Background Info \| Rome Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		According to myth, the city was founded by the twin sons of Mars, god of war, and Rhea Silvia, princess and (until meeting Mars) vestal virgin.
		The twins, Romulus and Remus, were abandoned on the shores of the Tiber and brought up by a she-wolf.
		Romulus killed his brother in a battle over who should govern, then established the city of Rome on the Palatino.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/europe/italy/rome/essential?a=culture (1142 words)

	Odoacer Summary
		Romulus Augustus was sent to retirement or exiled at Lucullanum at the Bay of Naples in Campania.
		After deposing Romulus, Odoacer had a choice of either appointing a new figurehead emperor and ruling through him, or ruling as an agent of the Byzantine emperor.
		Unlike many of his predecessors, such as Ricimer, he chose the latter route, returning the western imperial regalia to the emperor Zeno in Constantinople, along with a letter asking to be confirmed as dux of Italy.
	www.bookrags.com /Odoacer (725 words)

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