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Fall of Western Roman Empire (September 4)

Saturn in Aries (death of empire, end of civilization cycle)

In 476 CE, the Roman general Odoacer deposes the last Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustulus. The Western Roman Empire falls. The Eastern (Byzantine) Empire continues until 1453. The fall of Rome marks the end of classical civilization and the beginning of the medieval period. Rome's collapse ends a 1,000-year empire.

Saturn in Aries rules the end of imperial authority and the death of civilizational order. Aries rules warlike tribes and conquest. Saturn in Aries manifests as Germanic tribes (Aries conquest) overthrowing Roman order (Saturn empire). The Saturnian structure of Rome collapses. The medieval world emerges from the ruins of classical civilization.

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