800 CE
Charlemagne’s imperial title seen from the East
Roman Empire · Legitimidad, diplomacia e instituciones
Charlemagne’s imperial coronation in 800 created a rivalry of legitimacy with the Roman emperor in Constantinople. From the eastern perspective, it did not annul the Roman continuity of its own state.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- Date not recorded
Reading the date: point event.
Sources
- web.mit.edu (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- 2010-03-09
- What this date describes
- The cited source or edition; it may postdate the historical event.
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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