In the chaos left behind by the fall of Rome, Europe fractured into violence, petty kingdoms, and fading memory. Then one man began stitching it back together by force, faith, and fire.

Known to history as Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, he forged an empire stretching from the Pyrenees to the Danube, reshaping Europe more profoundly than any ruler since antiquity. Crowned Emperor by the Pope on Christmas Day in the year 800, Charlemagne fused Roman authority, Germanic warfare, and Christian legitimacy into a new political order—one whose echoes still shape Europe today.

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