Tuesday, September 4, 2012

And So Begin the Middle Ages


And So Begin the Middle Ages

      By a certain measure, today marks the anniversary of the date in 476 from which the “Middle Ages” may be dated.  On this day, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, Romulus Augustus (he was little more than a child and was completely controlled by his father, a Russian military commander), was deposed.  The imperial regalia was packed up and shipped off to Byzantium.  With this event, the Western Roman Empire ceased to exist, its fragments now under control of various “barbarian” tribes.

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