The Franks were always the least impressive of the four Old World civilizations. Reverse that.
Make them help their Germanic brethren as the tide of war shifted back in Rome's favor after the Majorianic reforms. a later PoD might involve them repelling the Romans at the Oder in 654, but at that point the roman advance might have been inevitable - the frontier was already pushed twice, and the various slavic principalities already made headway well into germanic territory at that point.The Franks were always the least impressive of the four Old World civilizations. Reverse that.
Dude, OTL? The Frankish Empire? Literally gave their name to a modern day power? Claimants to Rome? That’s rather impressive.
OOC: Sorry! Didn’t notice that bit, familiar with DBWIs, just didn’t see that, I’ll delete the post.DBWI= Double blind what if.
Like Churchill's "If Lee Had Not Won at Gettysburg" speculating about all the horrors that would ensue from the Union winning the Civil War.
The Franks were always the least impressive of the four Old World civilizations. Reverse that.