 They sent messengers who demanded that Flaccus compensate them with a sagos (a Celtic word for cloak), a horse and a sword for every man who was killed in the battle and that the Romans leave Hispania or suffer the consequences.Flaccus said that he would give them plenty of cloaks, followed the messengers and encamped in front of the city.The inhabitants, feeling intimidated, fled and plundered the fields of the neighbouring tribes along their way.