491 ⟶ Clovis I Subjugates Thuringia

King Clovis I defeats and subjugates the Kingdom of Thuringi...
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⚔️ Caesar Defeats Germans at Battle of Vosges

Germans invade Gaul and are defeated by Julius Caesar at Battle of Vosges (58 BC).⟶
Caesar Defeats Germans at Battle of Vosges (-58)
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👑 Clovis I Ascends to the Frankish Throne

Clovis I becomes King of the Western Franks upon the death of Childeric I.⟶
Clovis I Ascends to the Frankish Throne (481)
Frankish KingdomMerovingian DynastyMonarchySuccessionGermanic TribesClovis I
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⚔️ Clovis's Victory Over Syagrius at Soissons

Clovis defeats Syagrius and conquers the last free remnants of the Western Roman Empire.⟶
Clovis's Victory Over Syagrius at Soissons (486)
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⚔️ Clovis I Subjugates Thuringia

King Clovis I defeats and subjugates the Kingdom of Thuringia in Germany.⟶
Clovis I Subjugates Thuringia (491)
Frankish KingdomClovis IGermanic TribesConquestExpansionismMonarchyMerovingian Dynasty
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✝️ Clovis' Conversion and the Christianization of the Franks

Battle of Tolbiac. King Clovis subjugates the Alamanni, and is baptized Christian with a large number of Franks by Remigius, bishop of Reims.⟶
Clovis' Conversion and the Christianization of the Franks (496)
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⚔️ Charlemagne's Saxon Wars Begin

804: Charlemagne invades what is now northwestern Germany, battling the Saxons for more than thirty years and finally crushing their rebellion, incorporating Saxony into the Frankish Empire and the Christian world.⟶
Charlemagne's Saxon Wars Begin (772)
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