Chapitre 124: A Decade Long Rivalry Ends

After defeating the Huns in a decisive battle, the western roman forces and their Gothic foederati moved on from their position, and headed east to chase after the Gepid war-band, and what remained of the eastern roman army. 

When they finally encountered their targets, the romans witnessed the sight of the Gepid host basking in victory. The thousand men who accompanied Yazdegerd were brutally slain in combat, and their bodies dismembered. A mountain of heads lie in the middle of the road where individual barbarians continued to add to the pile.

To the side, the gepid king Athalaric was counting the coins taken from the corpses of the eastern roman soldiers before he gazed upon the sight of the approaching army. When he saw Sarus and his gothic warriors aligned with the abominable romans, the gepid king knew he had been played from the start. He could not help himself, but to call out to his old rival, and shame him for signing away his life in service of Rome.