So Theodoric entered Ravenna, and after several days Odoacar laid a snare for him: but Theodoric discovered him in the palace and forestalled him, then caught him off his guard and with his own hand slew him with a sword as he was coming into the Laurel Grove.Apparently in, or near, Ravenna; cf. , and see § 57, below, which implies that Theodoric killed Odoacar in Ravenna. According to A. Sleumer, (1926), s.v., Lauretum was a city near Ancona, but he does not cite this passage.

On the same day, all of Odoacar’s army who could be found anywhere were killed by order of Theodoric, as well as all of his family. This same year the emperor Zeno died at Constantinople, and Anastasius was made emperor.