Theoderic the Great, King of the Ostrogoths. Photo: De Agostini via Getty ImagesIf there was a Roman version of “1066 and All That,” the satirical romp through English history, the year 476 would surely be one of those suspiciously bold lines in our collective historical imagination. It was then that Romulus Augustulus, the last Roman emperor, was deposed in the west. On one side of his 10-month reign lay Antiquity. On the other, the Middle Ages.

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Persons: King, De Agostini, Romulus Augustulus Organizations: Getty