History bluff...when did the Roman Empire expired?

• Texcoco II

  7 Feb 06, 19:18

  When did the Roman Empire ends? Was it on 4th September 476 when Augustus Romulus abdicated? Or 1453 May 29 when the byzantine capital Constantinople fall?
• ^tamago^

  7 Feb 06, 19:39

  Originally posted by Texcoco II:

  When did the Roman Empire ends? Was it on 4th September 476 when Augustus Romulus abdicated? Or 1453 May 29 when the byzantine capital Constantinople fall?

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire
  
  476 is west empire. 1453 is east empire. technically, 1453 shld be the date.