Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sybaris” in text comm, poem 51 of E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus:
... speaking of the slave to passion, in
exsultans et temere gestiens
.
Probably Catullus had no especial case in mind, but Croesus
and Sybaris
might have served him as well-known examples of such ruined
kings and cities.
...