[2163] During the war against Pyrrhus, whose cause was espoused by Caulonia, the city was pillaged by the Mamertini, the allies of the Romans. The town was subsequently occupied by the Bruttii, who defended it against the Romans in the second Punic war. Barrio and other Calabrian topographers have fixed its site at Castro Vetere, but Strabo placed it on the left bank of the Sagras, which is inconsistent with their supposition, and it is still a subject of inquiry.
[2164] Cluvier (Sicil. ant. lib. ii.) reckons this place was situated between Caltanis and Pietrapreccia.
[2165] Now Squillace.
[2166] Servius observes that these Athenians were returning from Africa, Serv. Æn. iii. 552.
[2167] Saumaise (Exercit. Plin. p. 47, 57) thinks the true reading should be Scylaceium, or Virgil could not have made the penultimate long.
... Attollit se diva Lacinia contra
Caulonisque arces, et navifragum Scylaceum.
Æn. iii. 652.
[2168] About B. C.389.
[2169] Book vi. cap. i. § 4.