04-21-2006, 07:59 PM
The Franks did not overrun Gaul. They got Roman jobs and kept these. the only Roman that was finally defeated was Syagrius in his 'kingdom of Soissons'. Clovis did that, he was of the Toxandrian Franks, and his father Childeric had been staunch Roman ally and even magister militum per Gallias. Arbogast, comes of Belgica II, then gave up his lands to Clovis, who then went on to defeat the non-Roman Rhine Franks (we can call them that I think) and the Alamanni.
The Burgundians had been settled in the Rhone Valley by the Romans.
The Visigoths had been settled by the Romans in souther Gaul, and used to quell uprisings and inavions in Spain. Most lands that Euric controlled were given to him by the Romans, part of these as part of the settlement, part in a drive to counter Aegidius, father (or predesessor) of Syagrius.
Burgundians and Goths also harassed the good citizens of Gaul, sometimes controlled by the Romans and sometimes not. Until the last bit of Roman control was no longer good enough..
But never any overrunning.
The Burgundians had been settled in the Rhone Valley by the Romans.
The Visigoths had been settled by the Romans in souther Gaul, and used to quell uprisings and inavions in Spain. Most lands that Euric controlled were given to him by the Romans, part of these as part of the settlement, part in a drive to counter Aegidius, father (or predesessor) of Syagrius.
Burgundians and Goths also harassed the good citizens of Gaul, sometimes controlled by the Romans and sometimes not. Until the last bit of Roman control was no longer good enough..
But never any overrunning.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
