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Soissons (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France.Located on the river Aisne, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones.
The Kingdom or Domain of Soissons is the historiographical name [2] for the de facto independent Roman [3] remnant of the Diocese of Gaul, which existed during late antiquity as a rump state of the Western Roman Empire until its conquest by the Franks in AD 486. Its capital was at Noviodunum, today the town of Soissons in France.
The Battle of Soissons was fought in 486 between Frankish forces under Clovis I and the Gallo-Roman domain of Soissons under Syagrius.The battle was a victory for the Franks, and led to the conquest of the Roman rump state of Soissons, a milestone for the Franks in their attempt to establish themselves as a major regional power.
The Battle of Soissons (1918) (also known as the Battle of the Soissonnais and of the Ourcq (French: ... France, 17 Jul 1918 the day before the attack at Soissons.
The abbey was founded in 557 by Clotaire I on his manor of Crouy, near the villa of Syagrius, just outside the then boundaries of Soissons to house the remains of Saint Medard, [1] the legend being that during the funeral procession the bier came to a standstill at Crouy and was impossible to move until the king had made a gift of the whole estate for the foundation of the abbey.
The Soissons Memorial is a World War I memorial located in the town of Soissons, in the Aisne département of France.The memorial lists 3,887 names of British soldiers with no known grave who were killed in the area from May to August 1918 during the German spring offensive.
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