768 – 814 AD
In nearly half a century of almost ceaseless war, the Frankish king Charlemagne forged the largest European empire since Rome. He conquered the Lombards of Italy, waged a thirty-year war of conquest and forced conversion against the pagan Saxons, destroyed the Avar khaganate, and pushed the frontier of Christendom outward on every side. On Christmas Day 800, the Pope crowned him Emperor — reviving the Roman imperial title in the West and laying the foundations of medieval Europe.
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In nearly half a century of almost ceaseless war, the Frankish king Charlemagne forged the largest European empire since Rome. He conquered the Lombards of Italy, waged a thirty-year war of conquest and forced conversion against the pagan Saxons, destroyed the Avar khaganate, and pushed the frontier of Christendom outward on every side. On Christmas Day 800, the Pope crowned him Emperor — reviving the Roman imperial title in the West and laying the foundations of medieval Europe.
Charlemagne's Campaigns was fought from 768 to 814 AD.
Charlemagne's Campaigns was fought between The Frankish Empire and Saxons, Lombards, Avars & Others.
An estimated 250,000 people died in Charlemagne's Campaigns, including roughly 100,000 military and 150,000 civilian deaths. Figures are scholarly estimates and vary by source.
Major engagements included The Avar Wars, The Conquest of Lombardy (Siege of Pavia), The Final Subjugation of Saxony, and The Massacre of Verden.