Daily Medieval

Odoacer was a Germanic soldier who overthrew the Western Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus (who was only a pre-teen) and declared himself King ...

After Theodoric  (454 - 526) was made commander of the Eastern Roman Empire's forces by Emperor Zeno, you might have thought that his fu...

After the Ostrogoths took Rome in 476 under Odoacer , the Senate continued managing affairs; after all, the "barbarians" didn'...

Although the early popes had no temporal power or property, as the Roman Catholic Church grew in popularity and influence, they accrued terr...