Franks Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Germanic people
About Franks
TheRoman Empiredescribed the Franks since at least the 3rd century AD. Many Franks served in the Roman Army. The etymology of "Franks" is not entirely clear but it was most likely a self-applied descriptor – perhaps first used by a military alliance – which can mean things like "bold, rude, free". The words "frank" in English and related words in other Germanic languages are cognates. In the Migration period of the 4th century, the Franks largely remained in their homeland, in contrast to other tribes who crossed most of Europe. In the chaos following the 5th century fall of Rome, the Franks formed kingdoms, parallel to other Germanic peoples in western and central Europe such as theSaxonsandThuringians, with namesake states in present-dayGermany, and theAlamanni, remembered asAllemagne, t
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