Romulus Augustulus (born c. AD 461)

Last Roman emperor in the western Roman empire. He was made emperor, while still a child, by his father the patrician Orestes about 475. He was compelled to abdicate 476 by Odoacer, leader of the barbarian mercenaries, who nicknamed him Augustulus (meaning ‘little Augustus’). Orestes was executed and Romulus Augustulus was sent to live on a pension in Campania. His subsequent fate and the date of his death are unknown.