Burgundians
Burgundians
- John Frederick Drinkwater
Extract
Burgundians, (Burgundiones), a Germanic people who first appear on the Main soon after 250 ce. They had little contact with the Romans until c.406, when they crossed the Rhine and established a kingdom in the province of Germania Prima (see germania) with their capital at Worms. In 436, following an unsuccessful attempt to occupy Belgica Prima, they were subjected to an appalling defeat by Flavius *Aetius and an army of Huns (an event commemorated in the Nibelungenlied).Subjects
- Roman History and Historiography
