SYAGRIUS (d. 487)  , the last of the independent Roman administrators of Gaul, was the son of Aegidius, who had seized Gaul while Ricimer was master of Italy . From 464 to 486 he governed that part of Gaul which lies between the Maas, the Scheldt and the Seine, and was termed " king of the Romans " by the German invaders, Franks, Burgundians and Visigoths, who already occupied the rest of Gaul . Defeated in 486 by Clovis, king of the Salian Franks, at the battle of Soissons, Syagrius fled, leaving his land at the mercy of the Franks . He sought refuge with Alaric II., king of the Visigoths, at Toulouse, but Alaric imprisoned him instead of granting him refuge, and delivered him up to Clovis . He was executed in 487, secretly and by the sword, according to Gregory of Tours .