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However, after a gap of 150 years, there is a final mention of Bastarnae in the mid 5th century.

In 451, the Hunnic leader Attila invaded Gaul with a large army which was ultimately routed at the Battle of Châlons by a Roman-led coalition under the general Aetius.

Attila's host, according to Jordanes, included contingents from the " innumerable tribes that had been brought under his sway.

" One such were the Bastarnae, according to the Gallic nobleman Sidonius Apollinaris.

According to E. A.

Thompson, it is likely that Sidonius, whose purpose was to write a panegyric and not a history, simply added some spurious names to his list, including the Bastarnae.

On the other hand, Thompson does accept that some peoples on the list are plausible e. g. Burgundians, Sciri and Franks.