between Rome and veil;by the Romans, who had not forgotten the danger they were in that night. XLvf f工.T'inal Surrender off`' the Defenders.--But the greates七 of all the evils arising from, the siege and the war was the :Famine which be to afflict both armies, whilst the Gaols were also visited pestilence. They had their camp on low-lying ground between, the hills, which had been scorched by the fires andwaS full of malaria. and the least breath of wind raised not dust only but ashes Accustomed as a nation to wet and cold, they could not stand this at_ all, and tortured as they were by beat and suffocation, disease became rife among them, and they died off, like sheep.外ey soon ,grew weary of bury鸭their dead sxnealv. so then *oiled the bodies into heaps and burned 4,r d‘。.吧‘-.--.。份.them indiscriminately, and made the locale寸notonous;1t was afterwards known as the Busta GaZZi= Subsequently a truce was made with the Romans, and with the sanction of the con卜 manders, the soldiers held conversations with each other. The Gauls were continually bringing up the famine and calling upon them to yield to necessity and surrender. To remove t s lmpression it is said that bread was thrown in many places from the Capitol into the enemies' pickets. But soon the famine could neither be concealed nor endured any longer. So, at the very time that the Dictator was raising his own levy at Ardea, and ordering his Master of the Horse, L. Valerius, to withdraw} r r r " 1 7 r r^I" ` r rus army from v ell, and making preparations for a surncient force with which to attack the enemy on equal terms, the army of the Capitol。worn out with incessant dutv. but still superior to all 人1砂尸 human ills, had nature not made famine alo ne insuperable by there. were day by day eazerly watchinz for signs of any help r砂公.夕v了、 from the Dictator. At last not only food but hope failed them Whenever the sentinels went on duty, their feeble frames almost crushed by the weight of their armour, the army insisted that they should either surrender or purchase their ransom. on the best terms they could, for the Gauls were throwing out unmistakable hints that they could be induced to abandon the siege for a moderate consideration. A meeting of the senate was now held and the consular tribunes were empowered to make terms. A. conference took place between Q. Sulpicius, the consular tribune, and Brennus, the Gaulish chieftain, and an agreement was arrived at by which rooo lbs. of gold was fixed as the ransom of a people destined ere long to rule the world. This humiliation was great enough as it was, but it was aggravateY砰by the夕espica渺e meanness。气the Uauls, who produced unjust. weights, and. when_the triune protested, the