Where's the Dosh?

Playing as the Huns, I received a message saying that the Sarmatians were weighed down with gold and that it might be an idea to relieve them of it.
What appeared to be all four hordes of them were camped not far from Diggizville (formerly Constantinople) and in two turns they were eliminated, but my accounts for the year ending 369AD showed no noticeable profit so if I didn't bag all this supposed wealth then who did? Or did the Sarmatians salt it away in a Swiss numbered account?~:confused:

You most likely got a generic Hun message stating that it would be wise to eliminate the Sarmatian Horde. You cannot gain denarii from battles, unless you win a battle to conquer a city and loot it.