Event Frankish Conquest of the Kingdom of Soissons

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The last remnants of the Roman Empire in Gaul, the Kingdom of Soissons, was conquered by the Franks under King Clovis I.

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  • January 487: Having secured the frontiers to the north and east, and Euric being dead in the meantime, Clovis was able to prepare the conquest of the kingdom of Syagrius. In 486, with the help of the other Salician kings, Ragnacaro and Carrarico, he was able to throw his army against Siagro who, defeated, in the battle of Soissons. Now the Frankish tribes of Clovis controlled all of northern Gaul.