At Rome, the situation was also difficult as the ruling patrician elite was contested by the rest of the citizenry, the plebeians, in a social crisis known as the Conflict of the Orders. The Gallic Sack of Rome in 390 ruined many of them, and the patrician and ex-consul Marcus Manlius Capitolinus is said to have supported the plebs. In 385, he sold his estate to repay some of their debts and was the first patrician to leave his order to side with the plebeians. On his motivation, Livy explains that Capitolinus was aggrieved at the praise that Marcus Furius Camillus had received for his lifting the Gallic siege of Rome in 390 and the comparative lack of respect paid to him despite his command of the defences on the Capitoline Hill. The Roman historian had a negative view of Capitolinus, adding that he "abused the Senate and courted the populace."