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b. around 430, 
d. Ravenna (Italy), March 15, 493, (murdered); son of the Sciri prince 
Ediko at the court of  Attila; around 470 officer in the life-guards 
of the Roman emperor, 476 led a revolt of mercenaries and deposed the 
Western Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus and was proclaimed Germanic 
king on Aug. 13, 476 in Italy. 488 withdrew the Roman administration 
and the army from the province of Noricum ripense after a war against 
the Rugi, thus ending the  Roman era in Austria. Defeated by the 
Gothic king Theodoric, he took refuge in Ravenna, which was then 
besieged for 3 years; after its fall O. was slain during a banquet.



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