Because of the siege, both Gauls and Romans began to suffer from hunger. The Romans were tired and dismayed trying to defend themselves, and in the Gallic camp the plague spread, a highly contagious and deadly disease.
Then the Romans decided to offer them 1000 gold coins to end the siege. The Gallic chief accepted because for them the situation was also complicated.
When the payday came, the cunning Gauls weighed the weights and the sum rose much higher than agreed. The Romans protested, then the Gallic warlord, placed his sword on the weights to balance the payout as he exclaimed. Woe to the Defeated!
While the gold was being weighed, Camilo appeared with reinforcements and crushed the Gallic troops.
Camilo was appointed dictator at the age of eighty and acclaimed Second Founder of Rome. But due to a serious illness that led him to death, he could not finish his term.