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Name: First Franco-Visigothic war (492-496)

Type: Event

Start: 492 AD

End: 497 AD

Parent: Franco-Visigothic Wars

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Was the first war of Frankish King Clovis against the Kingdom of the Visigoths.

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  • January 493: Alaric seemingly refused to give Clovis battle, thus leaving Clovis to besiege Poitiers, Saintes, and Bordeaux. Clovis might have captured Tours.
  • January 492: By 491, Clovis had stabilized the former Roman territory and was eager to move against Alaric. Hence soon, he laid a siege to Nantes; the most northern city under Visigothic rule. Nantes resisted sixty days.
  • January 497: In 496, despite winning the Battle of Tolbiac against the Alemanni, the Franks took heavy casualties (and might have suffered from internal turmoil). Seeing the opportunity, Alaric quickly retook Bordeaux, Saintes, Poitiers, and Tours.
  • January 497: In 496, Nantes was taken by the Armonici.

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