Battle of Toulouse (458) explained

Conflict:Battle of Toulouse
Date:458
Place:Tolosa, Gallia Narbonensis I (modern Toulouse, France)
Result:Roman victory
Combatant1:Visigoths
Combatant2:Western Roman Empire
Commander1:Theodoric II
Commander2:Majorian
Strength1:Unknown
Strength2:Unknown
Casualties1:Unknown
Casualties2:Unknown

The Battle of Toulouse was fought in the Gothic War between the Visigoths and the Western Roman Empire in 458. The battle was part of a great mid-winter expedition made across the alps by Emperor Majorian, taking a large army from Italy into Gaul with the goal of restoring the region to Roman rule after the disastrous reign of Avitus. Majorian and the Visigothic king Theodoric II fought a battle at Toulouse, in which the Visigoths were defeated. Majorian thereafter secured the cooperation of the Visigoths against the Suebi in Spain. However, fighting resumed, and Theodoric was finally defeated at Orléans in 463.

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