[3] Gesalec's rule was dealt a decisive blow when the Burgundians, led by their king Gundobad, captured and plundered Narbonne, his capital.
[3] Driven from the throne, Gesalec found a refuge in Carthage from the Vandal king Thrasamund.
Herwig Wolfram notes that although Aquitania had been conquered by the Franks following the Battle of Vouille, it was still thickly populated by Visigoths and pro-Gothic Romans.
[7] Gesalec returned once again to Spain, and was defeated by Theodoric's general Ibbas outside of Barcelona, according to Isidore of Seville at the twelfth milestone.
Although he escaped from the battlefield, Gesalec was captured after crossing the river Durance and subsequently executed.