
169- Huns and Vandals and Goths, Oh My
The History of Rome
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Aetius and the Burgundians in Gaul
Aetius led a roman army against the burgundians in four 36, and the general succeeded in pushing them back into their agreed upon place in the world. Eteus wanted a more permanent solution to the problem of burgundian aggression, so we contacted some old friends in the huns and slaughtered every last one of them. The huns agreed, because its like they had scruples about this sort of thing. And in four 37, a horde of them rode into town at high speed and commenced a swaughtering. Some 20 thousand burgundians were killed in the ensuing massacre,. including the old king gundahar, who you will recall, was, once
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