Aegidius

Aegidius or Egidius (died 464/5) was a 5th-century Gallo-Roman who held the Roman title of "count" (comes), and was assigned as the imperial magister militum (military commander) of Gaul from 456/7 until the death of the emperor Majorian in 461. After this, when he did not accept the new emperor Libius Severus, he continued to fight "in the name of Rome", to quote a contemporary chronicler, north of the Loire river, in what is now northern France. He used local Roman and Frankish troops, led by Childeric. The region was never recovered by Rome, and in the following generation Childeric's son Clovis, united it under Frankish rule, after having defeated Syagrius, the son of Aegidius.

As Roman military commander for Gaul under Majorian, Aegidius was besieged by the Visigoths in Arles, probably in 458/9, where he helped achieve an important victory. He also launched major accusations against his predecessor Agrippinus for planning to give away parts of the empire to barbarians.

After the death of Majorian and his rebellion in 461, Aegidius became a threat to the regime of Ricimer in Italy, but never launched an invasion because of the conflict he had with the Aquitanian Goths, who were at this time allies of the new emperor. He probably continued to pledge allegiance to the Eastern Roman emperor Leo I. After successfully defending the Loire from attacks by the Visigoths, Aegidius was killed, in late 464, or possibly 465.

After his death, Syagrius, who was described as a "King of Romans" (Latin: rex romanorum) by the 6th century writer Gregory of Tours based himself in Soissons, ruling a lordship referred to by modern scholars as the Kingdom of Soissons. Gregory mentioned that Aegidius his father had held Soissons before him, perhaps indicating a family connection to the region.

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