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Topic: Vouillé, Battle of
Location: Riga Gorod Riga Latvia

Vouillé, Battle of

Years: 507 - 507

The Battle of Vouillé or Vouglé (from Latin Campus Vogladensis) is fought in the northern marches of Visigothic territory, at Vouillé, Vienne near Poitiers (Gaul), in the spring of 507 between the Franks commanded by Clovis and the Visigoths of Alaric II, the conqueror of Spain.Clovis and Anastasius I of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire agreed that each would attack the Goths from his own side.

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