Study map · Acht, Eindhoven

From Rome to Charlemagne

Ten turning points between 117 and 800 AD. Move the slider to see which families held power where; the glow marks each family's seat of power. Hover or tap a territory for its rulers.

Borders are approximate.

  • Rome / Western Rome
  • Eastern Rome (Byzantium)
  • Merovingian Franks
  • Pippinids / Carolingians
  • Other successor kingdoms
  • Persia & Islamic states
  • Papal States
  • Seat of power

Borders are simplified sketches based on standard historical atlases; many frontiers were zones rather than lines, and some rulers held land only in name. Blue lines are the Rhine and Danube, Rome's long-standing northern frontier. Coastlines from Natural Earth.