. e Gauls, it was made a Romancolony. (Liv. vi. 3 ; Diod. xiv. 117 ; Veil. 14.) It was celebrated for its fidelity toRome, and was in consequence besieged severaltimes by the Etruscans (Liv. ix. 82, x. 14). Onone occasion it was obliged to surrender to theEtruscans, but was retaken by Camillus in thesame day, whence arose the proverb ire Su-trium (Liv. vi. 3; Plaut. Casin. iii. 1, 10).There are still remains of the walls and tombsof the ancient town, and of an amphitheatre ofRoman work. Syagrus (~ &Kpa: Bas Fartak), a p
. e Gauls, it was made a Romancolony. (Liv. vi. 3 ; Diod. xiv. 117 ; Veil. 14.) It was celebrated for its fidelity toRome, and was in consequence besieged severaltimes by the Etruscans (Liv. ix. 82, x. 14). Onone occasion it was obliged to surrender to theEtruscans, but was retaken by Camillus in thesame day, whence arose the proverb ire Su-trium (Liv. vi. 3; Plaut. Casin. iii. 1, 10).There are still remains of the walls and tombsof the ancient town, and of an amphitheatre ofRoman work. Syagrus (~ &Kpa: Bas Fartak), a pro-montory on the SE. of Arabia, near Moscha(Ptol. vi. 7, 11). Its importance lay in its beingthe point where land was quitted on the voyageto India (Peripl. 30 ; Plin. vi. 100). Sybaris (5u/3apis). 1. (Coscile or Sibari), ariver in Lucania, flowing by the city of the samename, and falling into the Crathis. It was saidto have derived its name from the fountainSybaris, near Bura, in Achaia. (Strab. p. 3K6.)—2. (2u/8apiT)7S, Sybarita), a celebrated Greek. Coin of Sybaris, curly in bixth cent. , bull with head turned back: VM (=SY); rep., sameIncuse. town in Lucania, was situated between therivers Sybaris and Crathis at a short distancefrom the Tarentine gulf, and near the confinesof Bruttium (Strab. p. 2G3 ; Diod. xii. 9; 860). It was founded 720 by soon attained an extraordinarydegree of prosperity and wealth. It carried onan extensive commerce with Asia Minor andother countries on the Mediterranean, and itsinhabitants became so notorious for their loveof luxury and pleasure, that their name wasemployed to indicate any voluptuary. ( 518-521; Hdt. vi. 127; Suid. ) At thetime of their highest prosperity their city winfifty stadia, or nearly six miles, in circum-ference, and they exercised dominion over 906 SYBOTA SYMMACHUS twenty-five towns, so that we are told tliey wereable to bring into the field 300,000 men, a n
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