[5.10] [390 VC = 387/386 BCE] When the Gallic Senones besieged Clusium, and envoys were sent by the Senate to negotiate a peace between them and the Clusians, and the envoys [instead] fought in the Clusian battle array against the Gauls, the Senones, insulted by their behavior, marched on Rome with an army ready for battle, defeated the Romans near the Allia, and captured the city, except for the Capitol, which was the refuge of the young men; the old men, sitting at the entrances of their houses with their signs of honor they had obtained, were killed.

[5.11] And when the Gauls climbed to the summit of the hill opposite the [temple of Jupiter on the] Capitol, their approach was betrayed by the sound of the geese, and they were thrown down by the efforts of especially Marcus Manlius.

[5.12] Forced by famine the Romans descended, to pay thousand pounds of gold and buy the end of the siege, but Furius Camillus, who had been made dictator while away, arrived during the peace negotiations with an army, expelled the Gauls who had been in the city for six months, and massacred them.

[5.13] Because the city was burnt and sacked, there was talk about migration to Veii, but the project was canceled by the intervention of Camillus.

[5.14] An omen guided the people when they heard the voice of an officer, who arrived at the Forum and said to his standard bearer: "Stay, soldier, this is the best place to remain."

[5.15] A shrine was dedicated to the Capitoline Jupiter, because before the city had been captured, a voice had been heard that warned for the Gauls.

From Book 5

[5.1] During the siege of Veii, winter quarters were occupied.

[5.2] This was something new, and the tribunes of the plebs complained that the people were not even in the winter given rest from military service.

[5.3] The cavalry men started to serve on their own horses.

[5.4] [398 VC] When the Alban Lake was overflowing, a seer, who could interpret this omen, was captured from the enemies.

[5.5] [396 VC] Dictator [Marcus] Furius Camillus captured Veii after a siege of ten years, transferred the statue of Juno to Rome, and sent one tenth of the spoils to Apollo in Delphi.

[5.6] [394 VC] When the same man, as military tribune, besieged the Faliscans, he sent back the children of the enemy, who had treacherously been handed over to him, to their parents, and his justice immediately caused the surrender of and victory over the Faliscans.

[5.7] When Gaius Julius, one of the censors, died, Marcus Cornelius succeeded him.

[5.8] This was never done again, because in their period in office, Rome was captured by the Gauls.

[5.9] [391 VC] When [Marcus] Furius Camillus was accused by tribune Lucius Apuleius, he went into exile.