Today we have the Battle of Tolbiac, which took place in Gaul during/after the collapse of the last fragments of the Western Roman Empire. Despite being fought in AD 496 (or 506, depending on who you ask) it marked the beginning of what would one day become modern France.

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Narrated by David McCallion

Music:
Epidemic Sound
Filmstro

Sources and citations:
Visiting Battlefields: The Battle of Tolbiac Denny Koch (2015)
Bernard S Bachrach Merovingian Military Organization, 481751 (1972)
John F. Drinkwater The Alamanni and Rome 213496: Caracalla to Clovis (2007)
Peter Heather The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders (2013)
Simon MacDowell, Angus McBride Germanic Warrior, 236568 (1996)
Ian Wood The Merovingian Kingdoms 450751 (1994)

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