More Merovingian- Kingdom of Soissons

[Flavivs Aetivs]

Were there any Roman military units in existance in Gaul when Romulus Augustulus was deposed in 476? I thought all the evidence pointed to their being some surviving units at that date? Is it not possible these units still existed on the 01st January 500AD and therefore Roman units would have indeed existed into the 6th Century?

Have you not read my hypothesis about the so called "Ripuarian Franks?" I have stated it several times. The evidence points to the Ripuarian Franks (who had to be subdued by Clovis) to be a copyist' interpretation of the Riparienses or Ripenses garrisons on the Rhine, still intact and oblivious to the change in government.

Gregory of Tours Book 2 Chapter (23 I think) talks about their subduing by Clovis.