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Was an early federation of a subgroup of Franks, a Germanic Tribe. They settled in the Rhine Basin around modern Cologne. They disappear from historiographic sources at some point and probably left the region before 510 AD.
Establishment
January 301: In the 3rd century the Franks settled in central Europe. They were divided in two sub-federations: the Salian Franks along the coast of present-day Netherlands north of the Rhine and the Ripuarian Franks further south east of the great river which divided Barbaricum from the Roman Empire.
Chronology
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Was a period in which the Roman Empire nearly collapsed due to invasions and secessions. In particular, the period saw the creation of two secessionist states: the Gallic Empire andhe Kingdom of Palmyra.
1.1.Barbarian invasions of the Third Century
Were a series of Barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire during the Crisis of the Third Century.
1.1.1.Origin of the Frankish tribal confederations
The Frankish people was divided into two federations: the Salian Franks and the Ripuarian Franks.
Were a series of conflicts that saw the Huns, an invading tribe probably from Central Asia, fighting against the Romans as well as the Germanic tribes of Europe.
2.1.Hunnic Invasion of Europe
The Huns invaded Europe starting with the Ukrainian Steppe.
2.1.1.Thuringia is conquered by the Huns
The Huns conquered the territories occupied by the Thuringians.
January 401: After the death of King Gunther, the Thuringians were conquered by the Huns under the leadership of Attila the Hun in 400 AD. This marked the beginning of Hunnic rule over the Thuringian territories in present-day Germany.
2.2.Hunnic Invasion of Gallia
Invasion of Gaul by the Huns under king Attila.
January 452: Honoria, the sister of Roman Emperor Valentinian III, sent a plea for help to Attila, King of the Huns, along with her ring. Attila interpreted this as an offer of marriage, and he claimed half of the Western Roman Empire as her dowry. Subsequently, the Huns invaded northern Gaul, where they occupied several major European cities, including Reims, Strasbourg, Trier, and Cologne.
February 452: Attila was defeated by Roman General Flavius Aetius in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. The Huns left the Roman territories they had occupied in Gaul and central Europe.
2.3.Germanic-Hunnic Wars
Was the conflict between the Germanic Tribes of central and eastern Europe against the Huns.
2.3.1.Battle of Nedao
The Battle of Nedao was a battle fought in Pannonia in 454 CE between the Huns and their former Germanic vassals. It was decisive Germanic victory.
January 455: The Battle of Nedao was a battle fought in Pannonia in 454 between Huns and their former vassals. Nedao is believed to be a tributary of Sava river. Hunnic dominance in Central and Eastern Europe was broken as a result of the battle.
Was the inglobation of the Ripuarian Franks into the Frankish kingdom.
January 511: As for the tribes of the Ripuarian Franks, settled on the right bank of the Rhine, in present-day Thuringia, Clovis was expeditious, having their leaders, Cararico, Ragnacaro and Ricaro, assassinated in 510, and securing their lands. It was then the turn of the old ally Sigiberto the Lame, killed, it is said by Clovis' inspiration, by his son Cloderico who, however, could not enjoy the fruit of the parricide, as he was immediately assassinated by Clovis's assassins.
Disestablishment
January 511: As for the tribes of the Ripuarian Franks, settled on the right bank of the Rhine, in present-day Thuringia, Clovis was expeditious, having their leaders, Cararico, Ragnacaro and Ricaro, assassinated in 510, and securing their lands. It was then the turn of the old ally Sigiberto the Lame, killed, it is said by Clovis' inspiration, by his son Cloderico who, however, could not enjoy the fruit of the parricide, as he was immediately assassinated by Clovis's assassins.
Federation of the Ripuarian Franks
