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Pope Leo III's Crowning of Charlemagne on December 25, 800

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Pope Leo III's crowning of Charlemagne on December 25, 800, was problematic because ______________.


A) it implied that the pope had more power than the emperor
B) Charlemagne did not want to confuse the title of emperor with Holy Roman Emperor, but wanted it to remain secular
C) it initiated war with the Byzantine emperor who objected
D) the patriarch of Constantinople excommunicated Leo for overstepping his authority
E) it meant that all people under Charlemagne's rule had to become Roman Christians, rather than Arian Christians

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