Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community - View Single Post - CP BE A COUNTRY DRAFT FREEFORALL Pick At Your Leisure

Aeneas · 09-13-2010, 03:22 PM

Sorry for the AK.

Vulgaria is happy to select Charlemagne as our Military Leader.

We of course reserve the right to move him to the position of monarch at a later date.

We select Charlemagne as our military leader as he managed to unite large swaths of Europe together through 4 centuries of near continuous warfare. All this during a time considered by many to be the dark ages.

"Charlemagne (pronounced /ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn/; Latin: Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus, meaning Charles the Great; possibly 742 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum) from 800 to his death. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800. This temporarily made him a rival of the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople. His rule is also associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of art, religion, and culture through the medium of the Catholic Church. Through his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define both Western Europe and the Middle Ages. He is numbered as Charles I in the regnal lists of France, Germany (where he is known as Karl der Große), and the Holy Roman Empire."

"Today he is regarded not only as the founding father of both French and German monarchies, but also as the father of Europe: his empire united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Romans, and the Carolingian renaissance encouraged the formation of a common European identity.[1]"

09-13-2010, 03:22 PM	#66
Aeneas Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Exp:	Sorry for the AK. Vulgaria is happy to select Charlemagne as our Military Leader. We of course reserve the right to move him to the position of monarch at a later date. We select Charlemagne as our military leader as he managed to unite large swaths of Europe together through 4 centuries of near continuous warfare. All this during a time considered by many to be the dark ages. "Charlemagne (pronounced /ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn/; Latin: Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus, meaning Charles the Great; possibly 742 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum) from 800 to his death. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800. This temporarily made him a rival of the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople. His rule is also associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of art, religion, and culture through the medium of the Catholic Church. Through his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define both Western Europe and the Middle Ages. He is numbered as Charles I in the regnal lists of France, Germany (where he is known as Karl der Große), and the Holy Roman Empire." "Today he is regarded not only as the founding father of both French and German monarchies, but also as the father of Europe: his empire united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Romans, and the Carolingian renaissance encouraged the formation of a common European identity.[1]" Last edited by Aeneas; 09-13-2010 at 03:25 PM.