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Battle of Vouillé

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defeat of Visigoths

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…the Franks at the decisive battle of Vouillé near Poitiers.
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history of Gaul

In France: Frankish expansion
He defeated Alaric II at Vouillé (507). He annexed Aquitaine, between the Loire, Rhône, and Garonne, as well as Novempopulana, between the Garonne and the Pyrenees. Opposed to a Frankish hegemony in the West, Theodoric intervened on behalf of the Visigothic king. He prevented Clovis from annexing Septimania, on the…
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