 In 369/370, the Emperor Valentinian I enlisted the aid of the Burgundians in his war against the Alemanni.Approximately four decades later, the Burgundians appear again.Following Stilicho's withdrawal of troops to fight Alaric I the Visigoth in AD 406–408, a large group of peoples from central Europe north of the Danube, came west and crossed the Rhine, entering the Empire, near the lands of the Burgundians who had moved much earlier.