The Franks were indeed forced to make peace, but because the Romans lacked resources and manpower, they subsequently left the border guarding to them.

He reports that around 448 Emperor Majorianus (457–461) defended the city of Tours against the Franks and that Aetius fought Chlodio in the open plains of Artois.

[7] Although Hydatius does not name a Frankish leader in his account of this event, historians suspect that Chlodio was already active in northern Gaul earlier.

[8] According to Gregory of Tours' account, Chlodio held power in the northernmost part of Gaul (Germania II) together with an area further to the northeast.

After the Goths were defeated, he marched his army north over the Alps towards Raetia and Noricum to stop the marauding Iuthungi and Bacaudae.

For the Frankish foederati this was a golden opportunity to throw off the Roman yoke and extend their power over the rich area between the Rhine, the Somme, the Meuse and the North Sea.

[10] After his defeat, Chlodio seems to have shifted his attack target to the areas east of the Rhine, where he succeeded in subduing the Thuringians around 439.

[11] The willingness to wage war against invaders in northern Gaul shows that the Romans had no intention of abandoning the Rhineland.

Chlodio made himself heard again in the period 445-450 when he again pushed west and conquered the Roman-inhabited cities of Turnacum (Doornik) and Cameracum (Cambrai).