They were doing relatively fine in my Aedui campaign, they had conquered all of the Italian peninsular and were trying to expand north into Boii territory, until I swept down and conquered them. It was really tough and they were wearing me down, but luckily there were plenty of Samnite mercenaries to bolster my waning ranks, and I had plenty of money to pay them with, what with the mass exterminations, wild pillaging and looting and all.