Editing Clovis I (section)

===Taming Gaul===
{{See also|Frankish campaign against the Thuringians (491)}}
[[File:Conquests of Clovis.png|thumb|Conquests of Clovis between 481 and 511]]

Prior to the battle, Clovis did not enjoy the support of the Gallo-Roman clergy, so he proceeded to pillage the Roman territory, including the churches. [[Saint Remigius|The Bishop of Reims]] requested Clovis return everything taken from the Church of Reims; the young king aspired to establish cordial relationships with the clergy, so he returned a valuable ewer taken from the church.{{sfn|Bachrach|1972|p=8}} Despite his position, some Roman cities refused to yield to the Franks, namely [[Verdun]] ‒ which surrendered after a brief siege ‒ and Paris, which stubbornly resisted a few years, perhaps as many as five.{{sfn|Bachrach|1972|pp=3–4}} He made Paris his capital<ref name=BeerAdvocate/> and established an abbey dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul on the south bank of the [[Seine]].<ref>The abbey was later renamed [[Sainte-Geneviève Abbey]], in honor of the [[patron saint]] of Paris, and was demolished in 1802. All that remains is the "Tour Clovis", a Romanesque tower that now lies within the grounds of the [[Lycée Henri-IV]], just east of [[The Panthéon]], and the parish Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, which was built on the abbey territory.</ref>

Realizing that he would not be able to rule Gaul without the help of the clergy, Clovis took a Catholic wife to please them.{{sfn|Bachrach|1972|p=8}} He also integrated many of Syagrius's units into his own army. The Roman kingdom was probably under Clovis's control by 491 because in the same year, Clovis successfully moved against a small number of [[Thuringians]] in eastern Gaul, near the Burgundian border.{{sfn|Bachrach|1972|p=5}}