II/70 BURGUNDI & LIMIGANTES 250 AD - 539 AD

The Burgundi differed from other contemporary Germans such as the Franks and the Suevi in their preference for the use of light javelins instead of heavier throwing spears. In 436 their invasion of Roman territory in Gaul was crushed by the Huns at Roman instigation, and they were then settled in eastern Gaul as foederati. Their kingdom there was conquered and absorbed by the Franks in 534, but the Franks sent a Burgundian army to help the Ostrogoths in Italy in 539. The Limigantes were slave subjects of the Sarmatians, but rebelled against them in 334; and then became a predatory nuisance on the Roman’s Danube frontier until destroyed by the army of Constantius II in 359 AD. Like the Burgundi, they used javelins and fought in close wedge, but their cavalry were light skirmishers. Reference: Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome P. Barker.

II/70a — Army of the Burgundi 250 AD - 534 AD

List: 1 x General on horseback (Cv) or on foot (4Wb), 1 x noble cavalry (Cv) or foot warriors (4Wb), 8 x warriors (4Wb), 2 x archers or javelinmen (Ps)
Terrain: Forest if until 436 AD, Arable if from 436 AD
Aggression: 3
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