The Franks (Part 1/5)

This video is from a part of a series called Barbarians II from the History channel, and is actually quite good. The Franks themselves were the first Royal family of France, and are originally from across the Rhine and a part of the Germanic tribes that invaded during the fall of the Roman Empire. During the fighting with other German tribes the leader, Clovis, converted to Roman Catholic Christianity and this helped save the Roman Empire from declining any faster. They defeated the Alamanni and the Arian Visigoths.

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