<em>In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more.</em>
<em>((</em>This is <u>NOT </u>my words))
<span>he was mad He sent troops overseas to the colonies to overwhelm the </span>revolutionaries and to restore order.
It is a preamble.
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