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Gallic Settlements In the Valley of the Po
To continue my description. These plains were
anciently inhabited by Etruscans,Livy. 5. 17, 33-49;
Plutarch, Camillus, 16; Mommsen, History of
Rome, vol. i. p. 338 (Eng. tr.) at the same
period as what are called the Phlegraean plains
round Capua and Nola; which latter, however,
have enjoyed the highest reputation, because
they lay in a great many people's way and so got known.
In speaking then of the history of the Etruscan Empire,
we should not refer to the district occupied by them at the
present time, but to these northern plains, and to what they
did when they inhabited them. Their chief intercourse was
with the Celts, because they occupied the adjoining districts;
who, envying the beauty of their lands, seized some slight
pretext to gather a great host and expel the Etruscans from
the valley of the Padus, which they at once took possession
of themselves. First, the country near the source of the
Padus was occupied by the Laevi and Leb
Fertility and Beauty of the Plains Near Capua
Hannibal, however, had not adopted this plan without
good reason. For the plains about Capua are the best in
Italy for fertility and beauty and proximity to the sea, and for
the commercial harbours, into which merchants run who are
sailing to Italy from nearly all parts of the world. They contain, moreover, the most famous and beautiful cities of Italy.
On its seaboard are Sinuessa, Cumae, Puteoli, Naples, and
Nuceria; and inland to the north there are Cales and Teanum,
to the east and south [CaudiumHolsten for the *dau/nioi of the old text; others
suggest Calatia.] and Nola. In the centre
of these plains lies the richest of all the cities, that of Capua.
No tale in all mythology wears a greater appearance of probability than that which is told of these, which, like others
remarkable for their beauty, are called the Phlegraean plains;
for surely none are more likely for beauty and fertility to have
been contended for by gods. In addition
Capua and Petelia
THE people of Capua, in Campania, becoming wealthy
Capua and Petelia, the contrast of their fortunes.
through the fertility of their soil, degenerated into
luxury and extravagance surpassing even the common report about Croton andCapua, in Campania, becoming wealthy
Capua and Petelia, the contrast of their fortunes.
through the fertility of their soil, degenerated into
luxury and extravagance surpassing even the common report about Croton and Sybaris. Being
then unable to support their burden of prosperity
they called in Hannibal; and were accordingly treated with great
severity by Rome. But the people of Petelia maintained their
loyalty to Rome and held out so obstinately, when besiegeCapua and Petelia, the contrast of their fortunes.
through the fertility of their soil, degenerated into
luxury and extravagance surpassing even the common report about Croton and Sybaris. Being
then unable to support their burden of prosperity
they called in Hannibal; and were accordingly treated with great
severity by Rome. But the people of Petelia maintained their
loyalty to Rome and held out so obstinately, when besieged by
Hannibal, that after having eaten all the leather in the town, and
the bark of all the trees in it, and having stood the siege for
eleven months, as no one came to their relief, they surrendered
with the entire approval of the Romans. . . . Butrk of all the trees in it, and having stood the siege for
eleven months, as no one came to their relief, they surrendered
with the entire approval of the Romans. . . . But Capua by its
influence drew over the other cities to the Carthaginians. . . .
The Necessity of Caution in Dealing with an Enemy
TIBERIUS a Roman Pro-consul fell into an ambuscade,
Fall of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus [Cons. B. C. 215 and 213] as he was advancing
from Lucania to Capua, by the treachery of the Lucanian Flavius, B. C. 212. Livy, 25, 16.
and, after offering with his attendants a gallant
resistance to the enemy, was killed.
Now in regard to such catastrophes, whether
it is right to blame or pardon the sufferers is
by no means a safe matter on which to pronounce an opinion; because it has happened to several men, who have been perfectly correct in all their actions, to fall
into these misfortunes, equally with those
who do not scruple to transgress principles of right
confirmed by the consent of mankind. We should not however idly refrain from pronouncing an opinion: but should
blame or condone this or that general, after a review of
the necessities of the moment and the circumstances of
the case. Fall of Archidamus, B. C. 226-225. And my observatio
The Siege of Capua
For the Roman army did not venture to come out
Carthaginian difficulties.
and give battle, from fear of the enemy's
horse, but remained resolutely within their
entrenchment; well knowing that the cavalry,
by which they had been worsted in the battles, could not
hurt them there. While the Carthaginians, again, naturally
could not remain any longer encamped with their cavalry,
because all the pastures in the surrounding country had been
utterly destroyed by the Romans with tha
Hannibal Advances Upon Rome
With this purpose in his mind he sent a letter-carrier
Hannibal informs the Capuans of his purpose
into Capua. This he did by persuading one of
his Libyans to desert to the Roman camp, and
thence to Capua. He took this trouble to
secure the safe delivery of his letter, because he was very
much afraid thCapua. He took this trouble to
secure the safe delivery of his letter, because he was very
much afraid that the Capuans, if they saw him departing,
would consider that he despaired of them, and would therefore
give up hope and surrender to the Romans. He wrote therefore
an explanation of his design, and sent the Libyan the day
after, in order that the Capuans, being acquainted with the
purpose of his departure, might go on courageou