Clovis I. threatens Alaric II. with war, forcing the latter to hand over Syagrius, who is then killed.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Clovis I., King of the Franks Origin: Frankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: challenge
Victim (Person) :	Syagrius Origin: Roman Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: seeking refuge/asylum, Direct Consequence: death
Third Party (Person) :	Alaric II., King of the Visigoths Origin: Visigothic Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: fear
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Fredegar, Chronicarum libri IV 3, 15Fredegar Chronicarum libri IV 3, 15 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Noviodunum/Augusta Suessionum (Soissons), Tolosa (Toulouse)
Time Periode :	Late Antiquity
Century :	A.D. 5
Year :	A.D. 486 , A.D. 487
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	political
Weapon :	sword
Long-Term Consequence :	destruction/devastation
Original Text :	Defuncto Childerico, Chlodoveus, eiusdem filius, regnat pro eo. An. autem quinto regni eius Syagrius Romanorum patricius apud civitatem Sexonas, quam quondam pater suos tenuerat, sedem habebat. Quem Chlodoveus cu m Ragnachario inruens, Syagrius inlisum cernens exercitum, terga vertit et ad Alaricum regem Tolosa curso veloce perrexit. Glodoveus legatus ad Alaricum mittens, ut eum redderit; alioquin noverit, sibi bellum inferre. Ad ille metuens, ut Gothorum pavere mus est, Siagrium vinctum legatis tradit. Quem Ghlodoveus custodiae mancipavit, regnumque eius acceptum, cum gladium truncare precipit.
Translation :	-
Edition :	Die vier Bücher der Chroniken des sogenannten Fredegar (Buch 2, Kapitel 53 bis Buch 4), In: A. Kusternig, H. Haupt, Quellen zur Geschichte des 7. und 8. Jahrhunderts (FSGA 4a), Darmstadt (2018), 44-271.
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