| In the middle stage, the Reges Gothorum saw themselves as something better than mere foederati. |
| Some Burgundians migrated westwards and settled as foederati in the Roman province of Germania Secunda along the Middle Rhine. |
| Their rule lasted for 78 years up to 534, when 400 eastern Roman troops led by Cyril, one of the officers of the foederati, retook the island. |
| Yet other Rugii had already become foederati of Odoacer, who was to become the first Germanic king of Italy. |
| It was quite common for Rome to swell its legions with foederati recruited from the German homelands. |
| Some Saxons already lived along the Saxon shore of Gaul as Roman foederati. |
