Battle of Orléans (463)

The Battle of Orléans of 463 took place north of the Loire River on the coast of the city of Aurelianum (modern Orléans) between Visigothic King Theodoric II, and King of Soissons, Aegidius, and his Alani and Frankish allies.

Background
In the Gallo-Roman Province of Gallia Lugdunensis, Aegidius was appointed as the Magister Militum (senior general) in Gaul by Emperor Majorian most probably in 458. After the Emperor's assassination and succession of Libius Severus in 461 however, Aegidius declared his realm as independent from Rome. It is unsure of if he or his followers saw him as a king or just a general However regardlessly he was the head of his independent state centered at what is now Soissons. His realm's boundaries border both the Somme to his east, and the Loire to his South, where Aurelianum was located, as it developed into what is now Orléans.

Ancient Sources
Hydatius Chronicle

Chronica Gallica of 511

Marius Aventicensis

Historum Francorum

Modern Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/

Burgress (1993) Chronicle of Hydatius : https://books.google.com/booksnewbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=jW1oAAAAMAAJ&dq

Gregory (1974) The History of the Franks : https://books.google.com/books?id=xVBiCOBX4WMC

Mathisen (2017) Society and Culture in Latin Antique Gaul : https://books.google.com/books?id=GzsrDwAAQBAJ&dq

Penny MacGeorge (2002) : Late Roman Warlords https://books.google.com/books?id=qJt_mPtdo7YC