Visual Timeline: Franks

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285 CE: Carausius is given the task of eliminating the Frankish and Saxon pirates.
 
451 CE: Aetius defeats Attila of the Huns at the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields, together with Rome's allies.
 
469 CE: A Saxon army is defeated by the Franks at Angers.
 
 
486 CE: Clovis I of the Franks defeats the Romans in Gaul. Founding of the Frankish kingdom.
 
503 CE: Clovis I converts to Christianity.
 
 
507 CE: Clovis defeats the Visigoths and drives them into the Iberian peninsula.
 
511 CE: Death of Clovis, founder of the Merovingian dynasty.
 
718 CE - 741 CE: Reign of Charles Martel.
 
751 CE - 768 CE: Reign of Pepin the Short, founder of Carolingian Dynasty.
 
 
774 CE: Lombards defeated by Charlemagne of the Franks; Lombard Kingdom falls.
 
800 CE - 814 CE: Reign of Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor.
 
814 CE - 840 CE: Reign of Louis the Pious.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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