Brennus and the Romans agreed to end the siege of the Gauls if the Romans would pay one thousand pounds in gold. A large scale was placed on which the Gauls placed weights. Brennus became enraged when the Romans suggested that the Gauls were using false weights. At this he threw his own sword still at the weight as additional punishment and spoke the words: Vae victis! (Woe to the vanquished!), Brennus places his sword on the scales, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1794, paper, h 214 mm × w 142 mm