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Franks

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Franks group of Germanic tribes. By the 3d cent. AD, they were settled along the lower and middle Rhine. The two major divisions were the Salian Franks in the north and the Ripuarian Franks in the south. The two groups expanded independently, although they sometimes united against a common enemy. The Salian Franks became allies of the Roman Empire late in the 4th cent. In the following century they moved southward into Gaul, and under their leader Clovis I they overthrew (486) the Romans. Clovis permanently united the Salian and Ripuarian Franks, accepted Roman Catholicism, and founded t... Read more
Franks, Tommy Ray
Encyclopedia of World Biography Tommy Ray Franks United States Army General Tommy Franks (born 1945) received his fourth star and became commander ... terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. A "soldier's soldier," Franks avoided the limelight and concentrated on getting the job ... Read more
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... who invaded the western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The Franks lived east of the Rhine River in the 3rd century and came under ... support of the clergy and the Gallo-Roman population in Gaul. The Franks established one of the most powerful kingdoms of the early Middle ... Read more

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