According to the account of Gregory of Tours Marcomer, Sunno and Genobaud invaded the Roman provinces Germania and Belgia in 388 AD. They broke through the limes, killed many peoples, destroyed the most fruitfull lands and made the city Colonia Agrippina panic. After this raid the main body of the Franks moved back over the river Rhine with their booty. Some of the Franks remained in the Belgian woods. When the Roman generals of Magnus Maximus, Nanninus and Quintinus heard the news in Augusta Treverorum, they attacked those remaining Frankish forces and massacred them. After this engagement Quintinus crossed the Rhine to punish the Franks in their own country, however his army was surrounded and beaten. Some Roman soldiers drowned in the marshes, others were killed by Franks, few made it back to their Empire.
WI Quintinus army was successfull in punishing Franks and they were annihilated? Could Roman Empire hold Gaul longer after Franks were wiped out? How is this altering History? Any thoughts?
WI Quintinus army was successfull in punishing Franks and they were annihilated? Could Roman Empire hold Gaul longer after Franks were wiped out? How is this altering History? Any thoughts?