Battle of Tolbiac

Battle of Tolbiac
"The Battle of Tolbiac" by Ary Scheffer. Galerie des Batailles
Date 496 AD Location Zülpich, North Rhine-Westphalia 50°40′31″N 6°36′4″E / 50.67528°N 6.60111°E / 50.67528; 6.60111 Result Decisive Frankish victory End of Alamannic autonomy
Belligerents
Franks	Alemanni
Commanders and leaders
Sigobert the Lame Clovis I Aurelianus[1]	Gibuld †
Strength
6,000 Franks[2]	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Heavy
class=notpageimage| Location within Germany

The Battle of Tolbiac was fought between the Franks, who were 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 either have been fought earlier, in the 480s or early 490s, or later, in 506. The site of "Tolbiac", or "Tolbiacum", is usually given as Zülpich, North Rhine-Westphalia, about 60 km east of what is now the German-Belgian frontier. The Franks were successful at Tolbiac and established their dominance over the Alamanni.