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486 Deaths
__NOTOC__ Year 486 (Roman numerals, CDLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caecina Mavortius Basilius Decius, Basilius and Longinus (consul 486), Longinus (or, less frequently, year 1239 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 486 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Europe * Battle of Soissons (486), Battle of Soissons: Franks, Frankish forces under King Clovis I defeat the Gallo-Roman culture, Gallo-Roman kingdom of Domain of Soissons, Soissons (Gaul). Roman rule under Syagrius ends. The land between the Somme (river), Somme and the Loire becomes a part of the Francia, Frankish Empire. Syagrius flees to the Visigoths (under King Alaric II), but Clovis threatens war, and he is handed over for execution. * Clovis I establishes his new residence at Soi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franks Expansion
Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty The Franks ( or ; ; ) were originally a group of Germanic peoples who lived near the Rhine-river military border of Germania Inferior, which was the most northerly province of the Roman Empire in continental Europe. These Frankish tribes lived for centuries under varying degrees of Roman hegemony and influence, but after the collapse of Roman institutions in western Europe they took control of a large empire including areas which had been ruled by Rome, and what it meant to be a Frank began to evolve. Once they were deeply established in Gaul, the Franks became a multilingual, Catholic Christian people, who subsequently came to rule over several other post-Roman kingdoms both inside and outside the old empire. In a broader sense much of the population of western Europe could eventually described as Franks in some contexts. The term "Frank" itself first appeared in the third century AD, during the crisis of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
