§7.1.1Πολύβιος δʼ ἐν τῇ ἑβδόμῃ "Καπυησίους τοὺς ἐν Καμπανίᾳ διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν τῆς γῆς πλοῦτον περιβαλομένους ἐξοκεῖλαι εἰς τρυφὴν καὶ πολυτέλειαν, ὑπερβαλλομένους τὴν περὶ Κρότωνα καὶ Σύβαριν παραδεδομένην φήμην.
Polybius, in the seventh book, says: "The Capuans in Campania, having acquired wealth through the fertility of their land, drifted into luxury and extravagance, surpassing the reported reputation of Croton and Sybaris.
§7.1.2οὐ δυνάμενοι οὖν, φησί, φέρειν τὴν παροῦσαν εὐδαιμονίαν ἐκάλουν τὸν Ἀννίβαν.
Therefore, he says, being unable to bear their present prosperity, they invited Hannibal.
διόπερ ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων ἀνήκεστα δεινὰ ἔπαθον.
Consequently, they suffered incurable horrors at the hands of the Romans.
§7.1.3Πετηλῖνοι δὲ τηρήσαντες τὴν πρὸς Ῥωμαίους πίστιν εἰς τοσοῦτον καρτερίας ἦλθον πολιορκούμενοι ὑπʼ Ἀννίβα ὥστε μετὰ τὸ πάντα μὲν τὰ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν δέρματα καταφαγεῖν, ἁπάντων δὲ τῶν κατὰ τὴν πόλιν δένδρων τοὺς φλοιοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἁπαλοὺς πτόρθους ἀναλῶσαι, καὶ ἕνδεκα μῆνας ὑπομείναντες τὴν πολιορκίαν, οὐδενὸς βοηθοῦντος, συνευδοκούντων Ῥωμαίων παρέδοσαν ἑαυτούς. "[ατηεναευς χιι, 36 π. 528 α. ] §7.1.4ἡ δὲ Καπύη μεταθεμένη πρὸς τοὺς Καρχηδονίους τῷ βάρει συνεπεσπάσατο καὶ τὰς ἄλλας πόλεις. [συιδας ϝ Καπύη. ]
On the other hand, the Petelini, maintaining their fidelity to the Romans, reached such a degree of endurance when besieged by Hannibal that, after devouring all the leather in the city, and consuming the bark and tender shoots of all the trees in the city, and having endured the siege for eleven months, with no one helping them, they surrendered themselves with the consent of the Romans." [Athenaeus xii, 36 p. 528 a.] And Capua, by changing sides to the Carthaginians, dragged the other cities along with it by its own weight. [Suidas v Capua]