What is a famous saying about Louis I's empire?
It was an empire where the sun never sets
An empire washed by three seas
An empire from sea to sea
An empire bathed in wealth
Answer
Louis I's empire, the Carolingian Empire, was known as an empire washed by three seas, or trimartium imperium, because it stretched from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the North Sea in the north to the Mediterranean Sea in the south.
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