LS236 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ancient Germanic Law, Takers, Codex Theodosianus
4 Mar 2018
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Some were invited to join the roman military: the franks were part of the massive germanic migrations of the third to fifth centuries. First arrived as plunderers: 358: emperor julian invites the franks to settle in belgium and the netherlands, over the next one hundred years, rome is busy on the danube frontier. More franks cross the rhine and amass under powerful war leaders or chieftains. Franks move into northwestern gaul and settle. German becomes the main language, not latin: 451 ad: franks help romans defeat attila(cid:859)s hu(cid:374)s at the battle of chalons. Salian franks (more westerly: franks develop into two major groupings: Ripurian franks (east of the rhine: franks are consolidated under the merovingian kings. Childeric is the first merovingian king of which we have historical proof: 486: clovis i defeated the roman commander, syagrius, at soissons, and takes over his. Succeeded by his son clovis i land, title, offices, money and army.
