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Chlodio (395-448) was a king of the Salian Franks
Salian Franks

File:Seal_of_Childeric_I_Tournai tomb.jpgThe Salian Franks or Salii were a subgroup of the early Franks who originally had been living north of the limes in the coastal area above the Rhine River in the northern Netherlands, where today there still is a region called Salland....
 from the Merovingian dynasty
Dynasty

A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations. A dynasty is also often called a "Royal House", e.g. the House of Saud or House of Habsburg....
. He was known as a Long-Haired King and lived at a place on the Thuringia
Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is located in central Germany. It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen States of Germany ....
n border called Dispargum. From there he invaded the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 in 428
428

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 and settled in Northern Gaul
Gaul

Gaul is the name used for the region of Western Europe comprising part of present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine....
, where already other groups of Salians were settled. Although he was attacked by Romans he was able to maintain his position and 3 years later in 431
431

Events...
 he extended his kingdom down south to the Somme River
Somme River

The Somme is a river in Picardy, northern France. The name Somme comes from a Celtic languages word meaning tranquility. The department Somme was named after this river....
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Chlodio (395-448) was a king of the Salian Franks
Salian Franks

File:Seal_of_Childeric_I_Tournai tomb.jpgThe Salian Franks or Salii were a subgroup of the early Franks who originally had been living north of the limes in the coastal area above the Rhine River in the northern Netherlands, where today there still is a region called Salland....
 from the Merovingian dynasty
Dynasty

A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations. A dynasty is also often called a "Royal House", e.g. the House of Saud or House of Habsburg....
. He was known as a Long-Haired King and lived at a place on the Thuringia
Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is located in central Germany. It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen States of Germany ....
n border called Dispargum. From there he invaded the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 in 428
428

Sorry, no overview for this topic
 and settled in Northern Gaul
Gaul

Gaul is the name used for the region of Western Europe comprising part of present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine....
, where already other groups of Salians were settled. Although he was attacked by Romans he was able to maintain his position and 3 years later in 431
431

Events...
 he extended his kingdom down south to the Somme River
Somme River

The Somme is a river in Picardy, northern France. The name Somme comes from a Celtic languages word meaning tranquility. The department Somme was named after this river....
. In 448
448

Events...
, 20 years after his reign began Chlodio was defeated at an unidentified place called Vicus Helena by Flavius Aëtius
Flavius Aëtius

Flavius A?tius or simply A?tius, , dux et patricius, was a Roman Empire general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He was an able military commander and the most influential man of the Western Roman Empire for two decades ....
, the commander of the Roman Army in Gaul.

Like all Merovingian kings
Merovingian dynasty

The Merovingians were a Salian Franks dynasty that came to rule the Franks in a region largely corresponding to ancient Gaul from the middle of the fifth century....
 Chlodio had long hair as a ritual custom. His successor may have been Merovech
Merovech

Merovech is the legendary founder of the Merovingian dynasty of the Salian Franks, which later became the dominant Franks tribe. He allegedly lived in the first half of the fifth century....
, after whom the dynasty was named 'Merovingian'. One legend has it that his father was Pharamond
Pharamond

Pharamond or Faramund is a legendary early king of the Franks first referred to in the anonymous 8th century Carolingian text Liber Historiae Francorum, also known as the Gesta regnum Francorum....
. The sources on Chlodio's history are Gregory of Tours
Gregory of Tours

Saint Gregory of Tours was a Gallo-Roman History and Bishops of Tours, which made him a leading prelate of Gaul. He was born Georgius Florentius, later adding the name Gregorius in honour of his maternal great-grandfather....
 and Sidonius Apollinaris
Sidonius Apollinaris

Gaius Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius or Saint Sidonius Apollinaris , a poet, diplomat, and bishop. Sidonius was "the single most important surviving author from fifth-century Gaul" according to Eric Goldberg....
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Sources

  • Gregory of Tours
    Gregory of Tours

    Saint Gregory of Tours was a Gallo-Roman History and Bishops of Tours, which made him a leading prelate of Gaul. He was born Georgius Florentius, later adding the name Gregorius in honour of his maternal great-grandfather....
    , Historiën.
  • Sidonius Apollinaris
    Sidonius Apollinaris

    Gaius Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius or Saint Sidonius Apollinaris , a poet, diplomat, and bishop. Sidonius was "the single most important surviving author from fifth-century Gaul" according to Eric Goldberg....
    , Loeb Classical Edition.


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