Burgundy: Europe’s Lost Barbarian Kingdom

Check out Forge of Empires (available on iOS, Android & PC): https://wehy.pe/y/1/EmpireBuilders -- This is the FIRST part in a series on the Burgundians, covering the events of 406-534. SUBSEQUENT parts will continue to the 16th century. Chapters: 0:00 - Battle of the Mauriacian Fields 5:24 - Introducing the Burgundians 7:33 - When the Rhine froze over 9:40 - The fall of the West 11:04 - A tale of two peoples 14:13 - Faihitha 18:14 - A tale of two Christian sects 20:09 - The tragedy of Sigismund 23:26 - The fall of Burgundy 27:53 - The end of the beginning Sources: Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 3. London: Strahan & Cadell, 1781. Gregory of Tours. The History of the Franks. Jordanes. The Origin and Deeds of the Goths. Schultheis, Evan. The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields, AD 451: Flavius Aetius, Attila the Hun, and the Transformation of Gaul. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2019. Van Loo, Bart. Burgundians: A Vanished Empire. London: Head of Zeus, 2021. Wolfram, Herwig. History of the Goths. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. Special thanks to my Burgundian collaborators (go check out their awesome content): Maps by ‪@KnowHistory‬ Proofreading by ‪@ValoisBurgundy‬ (all mistakes my own -DM) Total War cinematics by ‪@legendarian4690‬ -- Become a PATRON & get early, exclusive & ad-free content (like these wonderful Empire-Builders):   / empirebuilders   Keinkrieg, Quinton Harris, Thomas McKeane, travis sutherland, Karla Mainayar, Johan Gumesson, Colin Williams, Samwise Gamgee, Oliver Holtz, Diocletian, Emanresu187, Jan & Petra Fabian, Josef & Jitka Straka, Robert Hannah, DragonsAndDragons, Huck, Schyler Tichy, Andrew Sudol, Giuseppa DiDomenico Join our DISCORD community:   / discord