First Franco-Visigothic war (496–498)

Franco-Visigothic War (496–498)
Part of Franco-Visigothic Wars

Clovis fights the Visigoths
Date496–498
Location
Gallia Aquitania en Gallia Narbonensis
Result Visigothic victory
Belligerents
Franks Aquitanian Goths
Commanders and leaders
Clovis I
Chilo		 Alaric II

The Franco-Visigothic War (496–498) also known as the First Franco-Visigothic War was an armed conflict between the Franks and the Visigoths. In this conflict, the Franks were the aggressors who tried to gain a foothold in Aquitaine, where the Aquitanian Goths had been in power since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The main opponents in this war were the kings Clovis and Alaric II. The war ended in a defeat for Clovis.

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