A letter of Jerome written from Bethlehem, which gives a long list of the barbarian tribes involved, some of them, like Quadi and Sarmatians, drawn from history or literary tradition, mentions Mainz first in a list of the cities devastated by the incursion; this is the sole support for the common assumption that the crossing of the unbridged Rhine was effected at Mainz.
Il re vandalo Godigisel venne ucciso, ma gli Alani arrivarono a salvare i Vandali e, una volta sconfinati in territorio romano, non incontrarono più resistenza organizzata.