Ambushed and outnumbered, he could not defend himself, but only watch in horror as Theodoric advanced on him with his sword drawn. “Theodoric leaped forward and struck [Odoacer] on the collarbone with his sword, while Odoacer cried out, ‘Where is God?’ ” recorded a later Greek historian called John of Antioch. “The blow was mortal, for it pierced Odoacer’s body through to the lower part of the back.”
