The subsequent "insolent" settlement of the Salians within Roman territory in
Toxandria (between the
Meuse and the
Scheldt rivers in the
Netherlands and
Belgium) was rejected by the future
Roman EmperorJulian the Apostate, who attacked them. The Salians surrendered to him in 358 AD and accepted Roman terms.
[9] According to Zosimus, when the Salians in Batavia came under attack from Saxons, who were this time raiding Romans (and the Salians) from the sea, Julian took the opportunity to peacefully allow the Salii to settle in
Toxandria, where they had previously been expelled: