In what year did the Middle Ages begin and why?

The era of the Middle Ages, according to the classical view of history, adopted by contemporaries, began with the fall of the Western Empire. This happened in connection with the conspiracy of the skir Odoacer, who commanded the mercenaries at the court of the emperor Romulus Augustulus in Ravenna. In early September, he forced the young ruler to abdicate and wrote to Constantinople about this. Odoacer ruled Italy and the remnants of the Western Empire until 493. He was killed by the Ostrogothic ruler Theodoric the Great, who was hired by Byzantium to conquer Odoacer and its lands. Theodoric after years of war. Killed his opponent at a feast.