Context. The Romans on the Capitol, despairing of outside help, agreed with Brennus that Rome should be redeemed by a ransom of 1000 pounds of gold. Nondum omnni auro appenso, Camillus appeared at the head of his troops.
3 per altercationem = owing to the dispute. When the Consular Tribune Sulpicius complained that the Gauls used unjust weights, Brennus in derision threw his sword into the scale and said Vae victis!
13-14 nova re = at the change in their fortunes.—Whibley.
15-16 haud maiore momento = with no greater difficulty (effort).
17 Iustiore altero proelio = in a second and more regular engagement.— W.
23 incondītos = rough, unpolished.
‘The Gaul shall come against thee
From the land of snow and night:
Thou shalt give his fair-haired armies
To the raven and the kite.’—Macaulay.