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Who became the first King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

  • Charlemagne

  • Odoacer

  • Theodoric the Great

  • Clovis I

Answer

Odoacer, a Germanic chieftain, became the first King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. He deposed the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, in 476 AD and established his rule over Italy.
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