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Tolbiac, Battle of

Years: 506 - 506

The Battle of Tolbiac is fought between the Franks, who are fighting under Clovis I, and the Alamanni, whose leader is not known.

The date of the battle has traditionally been given as 496, though other accounts suggest it may have been fought in 506.

The site of "Tolbiac", or "Tulpiacum", is usually given as Zülpich, North Rhine-Westphalia, about 60 km east of what is now the German-Belgian frontier.

The Franks are successful at Tolbiac and establish their dominance over the Alamanni.

“And in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history.”

― Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra: A Life (2010)