Episode 2.7 - Clovis

Clovis united the Franks and helped solidify them as the dominant power in northwestern Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire. He created the first Kingdom of France and also helped built out what would becomes Charlemagne's Empire.

Sources

• Bernard Bachrach, Merovingian Military Organization, 1972

• Ralph Mathison, Clovis, Anastasius, and Political Status in 508 CE, 2012

• Charles Oman, The Dark Ages, 476-918, 1898

• Ian Wood, The Merovingian Kingdoms 450-751, 1994

Names Mentioned

• Alaric II

• Charlemagne

• Flavius Aetius

• Kingdom of Soissons

• Merovech

• Odoacer

• Procopius

• Syagrius

• Theodoric

• Vouille