What the records say
- When
- 496 – 498
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 44.84° N, 0.58° W
- Description
- 496–498 war
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
First Franco-Visigothic war (496–498)
496–498 war between the Franks and the Visigoths
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.
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