El salvador del Imperio, Flavio AecioIn 476, the leader of the Heruli, Odoacer, deposed the Emperor of the West, Romulus Augustus. The Western Roman Empire had come to an end through fighting, corruption, and barbarous interventions However, in that period, the Roman general Flavio Aecio exercised the functions of Head of State during the mandate of Emperor Valentinian III and managed to stop the attacks of the barbarian peoples, delaying the fall of the Western Empire. This is his story.