The Whole North Into Gaul

[Flavivs Aetivs]

Jordanes can't be taken at face value though. It is well known the Alans were Aetius' most reliable allies. They defected to the Romans at Bazas in 414, and had served faithfully as the cavalry arm of the Gallic army for decades by the time of Chalons. Bachrach in his "History of the Alans in the West" explicitly notes Jordanes is extremely biased against the Alans. Tackholm mentions this severe bias too, and so does the more recent Ian Hughes and Hyun Jin Kim.

I'm gonna post some images for my current thoughts of how the battle went. I have to draw up a map of the Les Maures ridge first though.

Thank you for your comments though.