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The battle of Soissons — Clovis’s victory over Syagrius in 486
The last Roman commander in Gaul, master of an enclave between Meuse and Loire ten years after the Western Empire’s fall, was beaten by a Frankish king of twenty. He fled to the Visigoths, who handed him over; he was quietly put to death. (Editorial synthesis)
The battle of Soissons took place in 486 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The battle of Soissons took place in Soissons. (source: Larousse)
The battle of Soissons ended in the last Roman ruler in Gaul conquered. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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