"Yes, I would LOVE it if you just took my son to some far-off hellhole that doesn't even share my faith to learn your ways. Fuckin' dumbass."

Mastodon Biography: Julius Caesar 🕊️
Source: https://linktr.ee/CelebrityBiopic

🇫🇷 Appointed governor of Gaul, Caesar used his military 🧐 expertise to conquer the region. But would his 🏆 victories abroad make him 💪🏻 unstoppable or paint a 🎯 target on his back?

#france #francophone #French #military #soldier #soldiers #roman #romans #gaul #frankish #ancienthistory #history #books #blog #historybuff #buff #romanhistory #artifacts #archeology #ancientart #civilization #civil #old #bc

The #CarolingianEmpire is considered the first phase in the history of the #HolyRomanEmpire.

The #BattleofTours was fought 68 years on 10 October #AD732, and was an important battle during the #Umayyad invasion of #Gaul. It resulted in the victory for the #Frankish forces led by Charles Martel over the invading #Muslim forces of the #UmayyadCaliphate, led by Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi, governor of #al-Andalus.

A little #FrenchHistory as background during the riots: (edited from #Wikipedia)

Did you know that 1200 years ago as #Rome fell, the #Christian world was nearly conquered by the #Islam World?

The Carolingian Empire (800–888) was a large #Frankish-dominated empire in western and central Europe during the #EarlyMiddleAges.

In #AD800, the #Frankish king #Charlemagne was crowned emperor in Rome by #PopeLeoIII in an effort to transfer the #RomanEmpire from the #ByzantineEmpire to western Europe.

Today seems a good day to again bring out this great find of an early medieval copper #crown, discovered 1838 in a #Frankish burial in #Xanten. 😲🤩

Which, well, was re-evaluated later thanks to other finds, like those #Merovingian … er, buckets. 🤭🤷🏻‍♂️

See, analogies matter. 😉

All my #jutish #AngloSaxon #linguistics #dutch #oudnederlands #fries #frankish #language #oldenglish #archaism fans, should we call our community…anglosaxtodon? 😂

@kwheaton My ancestors came from #Austrasia - yep descended from those bloodthirsty #Frankish Royals, #Prussia, #Wales, #Scotland, #England & #Burgundy! So quite a mix 😂