Or how to harness the power vacuum to build your own kingdom
Year 476 AD The last Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus (or Augustus) is deposed by Odoacer, leader of the Heruli. The Western Roman Empire has fallen, and the imperial ensigns were sent to Constantinople by Odoacer, instead of placing a puppet rule through it (which is nothing but what was the young Romulus), becoming king of Italy, serving the eastern emperor Zeno, of course (until they were angry with each other and Odoacer was history, but that concerns us.) Amid all this fuss, Julius Nepos, voices crying out to be the legitimate Western Roman Emperor, the truly passed the Senate in Rome.
Siagrio What? Siagrio, son of Giles, the last magister militum of the Roman province of Gaul (so we understand, what is now France). But the province had been reduced to a bare minimum of what was once, because of concessions by one side Visigoths (Toulouse and Aquitaine), and the advance of the Franks on the other (coming from the north who want to brawl) . Basically, the Gaul "inherited" Siagrio was just an island in the middle of land in the hands of barbarians, which included the Seine basin, isolated from the territories in which Rome ruled, albeit nominally.
Egidio died in 464, when our hero took his place. The first was put there by the emperor Mayoriano, and although it Ricimer to kill and occupy the Roman throne, Egidio became Swedish and continued to rule those lands that were given to him as his own. And when he died did his Siagrio to the point that although he and his father used the term Roman dux , Duke, neighbors Germans recognized him as King of the Romans. Thus, the domain of Soissons passed into history as the kingdom of Siagrio.
Twelve years after starting their particular "rule", Siagrio tried, unsuccessfully, to become Emperor of Rome. He denied the validity of the shares of Odoacer and asked Zeno ownership of the throne of Rome. But the Byzantine owed the nomination hérulo look better than the last of the Romans (or to be exact, Gallo-Roman). Without an emperor to be followed, the domain of Soissons became an independent enclave and its fate was sealed with the rise of the ex-Clovis, which could say it was the arch-nemesis of Siagrio.
Clovis Franco came to the throne in 481, succeeding his father Childeric (I love names of Germanic kings of Late Antiquity). Although he was only fifteen years, from the outset aimed to expand his kingdom at the expense of the Siagrio. It took five years, but the victory was complete. It is puzzling, because his father found no need to undertake such a campaign, and the boy was something he did from the start. Should I see the difference of faith between the two characters? Clovis, at least at the time, was an Arian, a deviation from early Christian dogma, while Siagrio guess would be Christian. Who knows, but I could say and get away with it, living as we do in this world of "anything goes." The truth is that Clovis was subsequently changed her jacket and possessed the faith of the convert, a great time waxing his former friends Arian Visigoths.
Siagrio was defeated at Soissons in 486. To save his life, fled south to the Visigoth kingdom of Toulouse, where he was warmly welcomed by Alaric II. In fact, "quality" is a bit exaggerated: Alaric, Clovis Non anger, told the postman that package was not for him and returned to Siagrio with a stamp on the front that said "Return to Sender." Come on, as he did not want problems, he was imprisoned and sent back prisoner to Soissons, where he commanded Clovis run. What need?
died
So, if we pay attention to Gregory of Tours, the main source of this story, the last of the Romans stabbed by Night and in secret, in 486 or 487.
Clovis I, later, in a Germanic tradition, he divided his kingdom between his sons after his death. Fortunately, "only" had four, which gave them the following: to Theuderic, Reims; to Chlodomer, Orleans, for Childebert, Paris, and Clotaire, Soissons. As brothers, they tried to pull out each other's eyes with love until only one remained standing, Clotaire I, who reunified the Gaul in 555. As good Germans, to his death divided among his three (thank god) children. And start .. But that may speak another day ...
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