Who really \"won\" the Battle of Chalons?

[Michael Kerr]

Without getting into who won the Battle of Chalons, I think the big winners in the aftermath of the battle were the Franks & the Burgundians. Western Roman power seemed pretty impotent in Gaul after Aetius died & there was generally nothing they could do about retaking Africa from the Vandals or even stopping the sack of Rome, at this stage their army or what was left of it was almost completely comprised of barbarians while the Hunnic empire descended into civil war & quite quickly fell apart. The power of the Visigoths waned over time & it seems that the Alans, who probably outnumbered the Vandals in 406AD when they crossed the Rhine, through warfare & defections dwindled in numbers but from 440s AD seemed to relish their role as Aetius's enforcers unfortunately in the aftermath of Chalons were generally absorbed by other cultures.
Regards
Michael Kerr