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Also Known As Odovakar • Odovacar
Born c.433
Died March 15, 493 • Ravenna • Italy
Title / Office king (476-493), Italy
Mausoleum of Theodoric
Theodoric
king of Italy
Alboin
Alboin
king of Lombardy
Henry VII
Henry VII
Holy Roman emperor
Narses
Syrian theologian
Francesco Crispi
Italian statesman
Umberto I, detail of a portrait by Antonio Piccinni
Umberto I
king of Italy
Totila
Ostrogoth king
Witigis
Ostrogoth king of Italy
Oreste Baratieri
Italian governor of Eritrea
Theodahad
Ostrogoth king of Italy
St. Adelaide
empress of Italy
Giuliano Amato
Italian politician
Attilio Bandiera
Italian revolutionary
Emilio Bandiera
Italian revolutionary
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Italian dictator
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Italian revolutionary
Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour
Camillo Benso, count di Cavour
Piedmontese statesman

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