Roman emperor Augustus understood, just as Donald Trump does, that to stand at the head of a superpower is to stand as an actor upon the great stage of the world.
Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius.
Join Tom and Dominic for this next instalment on the Franks and the rise of Charlemagne.
Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius.
Charlemagne, who towered at a hefty 6ft 4in, reigned as King of the Franks in what is now France ... Also emperor of the Carolingian Empire, he shaped the character of medieval Europe and fathered ...
Charlemagne, who towered at an astonishing 6ft 4in, reigned as King of the Franks from what is now France from AD 768 until his death in 814. Also emperor of the Carolingian Empire, he shaped ...
the powerful King of the Franks and Lombards was crowned Roman Emperor in the year 800 by the Pope, which laid the foundations for the Holy Roman Empire. His physical depiction in Civ 7 appears to ...
Charlemagne (742-814) was king of the Franks, the Lombards and emperor of the West, he laid the foundations of what will be the medieval European kingdoms Stamp Andorra – Europa – Llegenda Carlemany | ...