// Antiquity
Merovingian Empire
- Period
- AD 462 – AD 717
- Duration
- approx. 255 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 546
- Area (max.)
- approx. 732,000 km²
Period and duration
Merovingian Empire — according to the map data from AD 462 to AD 717, roughly 255 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Merovingian Empire — greatest extent around AD 546: the mapped borders then cover about 732,000 km², roughly 0.5% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 461)
After
Neighbours around AD 546
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Eastern Roman Empire
- Kingdom of the Franks
- Visigothic Kingdom
- Lombards
- Brythonic Kingdoms
- Saxons
- Bavarians
- Ostrogothic Kingdom
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 546 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Merovingian Empire on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.