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Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion Faction Feature
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Posted by Donster on: 2005-10-02 08:37:06 2070
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The Franks.
By Creative Assembly, Courtesy of IGN
The Franks, or Franci -- the name was translated "Free Men" -- were a Germanic people originally from the region around the middle and lower Rhine in Western Germany. Tacitus lumped them together with all the ferocious "Germani" tribes when the Romans first encountered them, but they were organized enough to hold the Romans at bay. They were not organized enough, however, to attack Roman lands as a coherent force, even a couple of centuries later. With the disappearance of the Cherusci as a tribal power, the Franks emerged as a coalition of smaller tribes. Such a defensive alliance was inevitable in the face of external pressures, such as the migration of nomadic peoples from the east. The Franks were, like most Germanic people, famed for fighting on foot and with great bravery; their francisca throwing axes were a fearsome weapon to face. A bold warlord could have every chance of leading the Franks to greatness against the weakening power of Rome in the West. Historically, the Franks occupied the whole of Gaul by 476 AD, the final collapse of the Western Empire, and eventually gave their new country its name: France.
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