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“Clovis was baptized as a Christian alongside 3,000 of his warriors.”
“Yet Clovis’ power grew immensely in 486, when he and his allies defeated the remnant realm of the Roman commander Syagrius near Soissons.”
“In choosing Catholicism, Clovis publicly broke with the religious alignment of the other Germanic kings.”
“Converting to Catholicism would help him consolidate his rule by creating a bond between the Frankish conquerors and the Gallo-Roman population.”