Orestes Empire

The Western Roman Empire was on the verge of collapse in 476 A.D, as the barbarian tribes of Odoacer wanted to take the final lands of Rome. Romulus Augustus, emperor at the time, was just the puppet of Orestes, his father whom had desposed Julius Nepos but could not himself become emperor. Odoacer demanded northern Italia which contained the city of Ravenna, the capital of the empire. Orestes, seeing these barbarians as the final destroyers of Rome, gave into their demands.

Timeline
476 A.D: Formation of the Ostrogothic Kingdom in northern Italy. Orestes seizes the remains of Vandal territory on Sicily.

477 A.D: Romulus Augustus marries Odoacers daughter, Adosinda wanting peace between their nations. Orestes sieges Carthage, capital of the Vandal Kingdom.

478 A.D: Carthage is seized from the Vandals. Dalmatia, under the rule of the former emperor, Julius Nepos defects to the Eastern Roman Empire.

479 A.D: Vandal north Africa collapses and the Romans swipe it all. Romulus' son, Orestes II is born.