Territorial change of Saxons

“Saxons” — appears in this map’s data from AD 283 to 799. Its territory was largest in AD 455 – 468, at ≈ 83 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 283 – 454	≈ 6,335 km²
AD 455 – 468	≈ 83 thousand km²
AD 469 – 489	≈ 83 thousand km²
AD 490 – 499	≈ 82 thousand km²
AD 500 – 533	≈ 83 thousand km²
AD 534 – 566	≈ 83 thousand km²
AD 567 – 601	≈ 83 thousand km²
AD 602 – 632	≈ 82 thousand km²
AD 633 – 637	≈ 82 thousand km²
AD 638 – 640	≈ 82 thousand km²
AD 641 – 723	≈ 82 thousand km²
AD 724 – 771	≈ 82 thousand km²
AD 772 – 774	≈ 77 thousand km²
AD 775 – 777	≈ 9,580 km²
AD 778 – 782	≈ 82 thousand km²
AD 783 – 787	≈ 82 thousand km²
AD 793 – 799	≈ 81 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 455 – 468 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 283	≈ 6,335 km²	36 of 38
AD 287	≈ 6,335 km²	41 of 43
AD 299	≈ 6,335 km²	41 of 43
AD 306	≈ 6,335 km²	41 of 43
AD 308	≈ 6,335 km²	41 of 43
AD 311	≈ 6,335 km²	41 of 43
AD 313	≈ 6,335 km²	41 of 43
AD 324	≈ 6,335 km²	43 of 45
AD 337	≈ 6,335 km²	45 of 47
AD 338	≈ 6,335 km²	45 of 47
AD 347	≈ 6,335 km²	44 of 46
AD 353	≈ 6,335 km²	47 of 49
AD 358	≈ 6,335 km²	48 of 50
AD 367	≈ 6,335 km²	49 of 51
AD 371	≈ 6,335 km²	46 of 48
AD 373	≈ 6,335 km²	45 of 47
AD 378	≈ 6,335 km²	43 of 45
AD 383	≈ 6,335 km²	42 of 44
AD 387	≈ 6,335 km²	50 of 53
AD 390	≈ 6,335 km²	50 of 53
AD 392	≈ 6,335 km²	49 of 52
AD 394	≈ 6,335 km²	47 of 50
AD 395	≈ 6,335 km²	48 of 51
AD 396	≈ 6,335 km²	48 of 51
AD 397	≈ 6,335 km²	50 of 53
AD 402	≈ 6,335 km²	51 of 54
AD 407	≈ 6,335 km²	51 of 55
AD 410	≈ 6,335 km²	50 of 54
AD 414	≈ 6,335 km²	53 of 56
AD 417	≈ 6,335 km²	52 of 55
AD 426	≈ 6,335 km²	52 of 55
AD 439	≈ 6,335 km²	47 of 50
AD 441	≈ 6,335 km²	47 of 50
AD 443	≈ 6,335 km²	48 of 51
AD 451	≈ 6,335 km²	47 of 50
AD 452	≈ 6,335 km²	47 of 50
AD 455	≈ 83 thousand km²	31 of 52
AD 458	≈ 83 thousand km²	32 of 52
AD 459	≈ 83 thousand km²	30 of 52
AD 462	≈ 83 thousand km²	33 of 54
AD 469	≈ 83 thousand km²	32 of 55
AD 476	≈ 83 thousand km²	33 of 57
AD 480	≈ 83 thousand km²	33 of 57
AD 490	≈ 82 thousand km²	33 of 55
AD 500	≈ 83 thousand km²	32 of 54
AD 510	≈ 83 thousand km²	34 of 53
AD 523	≈ 83 thousand km²	34 of 54
AD 534	≈ 83 thousand km²	32 of 56
AD 536	≈ 83 thousand km²	32 of 56
AD 540	≈ 83 thousand km²	33 of 64
AD 546	≈ 83 thousand km²	34 of 64
AD 555	≈ 83 thousand km²	35 of 67
AD 561	≈ 83 thousand km²	36 of 68
AD 567	≈ 83 thousand km²	36 of 68
AD 569	≈ 83 thousand km²	36 of 68
AD 577	≈ 83 thousand km²	35 of 70
AD 587	≈ 83 thousand km²	35 of 67
AD 592	≈ 83 thousand km²	34 of 70
AD 602	≈ 82 thousand km²	33 of 69
AD 612	≈ 82 thousand km²	31 of 68
AD 617	≈ 82 thousand km²	30 of 65
AD 623	≈ 82 thousand km²	33 of 69
AD 626	≈ 82 thousand km²	34 of 67
AD 627	≈ 82 thousand km²	34 of 67
AD 628	≈ 82 thousand km²	33 of 65
AD 629	≈ 82 thousand km²	36 of 68
AD 630	≈ 82 thousand km²	37 of 68
AD 633	≈ 82 thousand km²	37 of 69
AD 634	≈ 82 thousand km²	35 of 66
AD 638	≈ 82 thousand km²	36 of 71
AD 641	≈ 82 thousand km²	35 of 71
AD 644	≈ 82 thousand km²	35 of 74
AD 647	≈ 82 thousand km²	35 of 70
AD 656	≈ 82 thousand km²	37 of 69
AD 661	≈ 82 thousand km²	34 of 68
AD 666	≈ 82 thousand km²	34 of 67
AD 674	≈ 82 thousand km²	31 of 69
AD 682	≈ 82 thousand km²	33 of 68
AD 692	≈ 82 thousand km²	34 of 67
AD 705	≈ 82 thousand km²	34 of 68
AD 710	≈ 82 thousand km²	34 of 69
AD 718	≈ 82 thousand km²	34 of 69
AD 724	≈ 82 thousand km²	34 of 69
AD 732	≈ 82 thousand km²	34 of 67
AD 741	≈ 82 thousand km²	33 of 71
AD 750	≈ 82 thousand km²	42 of 76
AD 751	≈ 82 thousand km²	43 of 77
AD 755	≈ 82 thousand km²	43 of 79
AD 757	≈ 82 thousand km²	41 of 76
AD 763	≈ 82 thousand km²	39 of 74
AD 768	≈ 82 thousand km²	38 of 75
AD 772	≈ 77 thousand km²	40 of 72
AD 775	≈ 9,580 km²	61 of 73
AD 778	≈ 82 thousand km²	37 of 72
AD 783	≈ 82 thousand km²	37 of 73
AD 793	≈ 81 thousand km²	41 of 78

Its highest rank was in AD 459: number 52 of 30.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Vendel Period — 52 frames
Francia — 49 frames
Frisian Kingdom — 33 frames
Duchy of Thuringia — 26 frames
Ripuarian Franks — 9 frames
Basina of Thuringia — 6 frames
Aquitaine — 1 frames
Kingdom of the Burgundians — 1 frames
Lombards — 1 frames
Obotrites — 1 frames
Thuringian states — 1 frames
Frisia — 1 frames
Frisians — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 5 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 788	lost	Francia	≈ 82 thousand km²
AD 800	lost	Francia	≈ 81 thousand km²
AD 778	gained	Francia	≈ 73 thousand km²
AD 775	lost	Francia	≈ 68 thousand km²
AD 455	gained	Huns	≈ 51 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony (Latin: Antiqua Saxonia) which became a Carolingian "stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany.

Wikipedia (English) “Saxons”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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