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| - Aegidius (died 464 or 465) was a Gallo-Roman warlord of northern Gaul. He had been promoted as magister militum in Gaul under Aëtius around 450. An ardent supporter of Majorian, Aegidius rebelled when Ricimer deposed Majorian, engaging in several campaigns against the Visigoths and creating a Roman rump state that came to be known as the Domain of Soissons. After winning an important victory over the Visigoths he died suddenly, and was succeeded by his son Syagrius.
- Aegidius (died 464 or 465) magister militum in Gaul under Aëtius around 450. Aegidius rebelled against the Western Emperor Ricimer. This would be in 461 or 462. Aegidius retained his powers in the north of Gaul in a region known as the Domain of Soissons, extending from Armorica in the west to the Vosges in the east, and from the Somme River in the north to the Loire River in the south. British immigrants flocked to Aegidius’ country, where he settled them on the north of the Loire in the “Armorican Tract”. The British included a fighting force of 12,000 men.
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| - Aegidius (died 464 or 465) magister militum in Gaul under Aëtius around 450. Aegidius rebelled against the Western Emperor Ricimer. This would be in 461 or 462. Aegidius retained his powers in the north of Gaul in a region known as the Domain of Soissons, extending from Armorica in the west to the Vosges in the east, and from the Somme River in the north to the Loire River in the south. According to Gregory of Tours, King Childeric of the Salian Franks was so great a womanizer and committed so many acts of violence, that the Franks drove him into exile. Childeric fled to Thuringia and found refuge with King Basinus and his wife Basina. The Franks took Aegidius as their king. But after eight years the Franks changed their mind and Childeric was welcomed back to the kingship. Then Basina forsook her husband and fled to Childeric. Childeric took her to wife and sired on her Clovis. British immigrants flocked to Aegidius’ country, where he settled them on the north of the Loire in the “Armorican Tract”. The British included a fighting force of 12,000 men. Aegidius died in plague according to Gregory of Tours, in 464 or 465. His son, Syagrius, succeeded him in the Domain of Soissons.
- Aegidius (died 464 or 465) was a Gallo-Roman warlord of northern Gaul. He had been promoted as magister militum in Gaul under Aëtius around 450. An ardent supporter of Majorian, Aegidius rebelled when Ricimer deposed Majorian, engaging in several campaigns against the Visigoths and creating a Roman rump state that came to be known as the Domain of Soissons. After winning an important victory over the Visigoths he died suddenly, and was succeeded by his son Syagrius. Ralph Mathisen points out the name of Aegidius' son, Syagrius, "would suggest that he was related to the Syagrii of Lyons, one of the oldest, most aristocratic families of Gaul. Aegidius, in fact, has been proposed as a grandson of Flavius Afranius Syagrius, consul in 382". Other Syagrii Mathisen lists with a connection to Gaul are a great-grandson of Afranius, who had an estate at Taionnacus near Lyons, and a wealthy Syagria of Lyons who was described by Magnus Felix Ennodius as thesaurus ecclesiae.
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