Note 507 — Chapter V · PUNIC WARS AND WARS OF MACEDONIA AND ASIA. (From 488 to 621.)
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The following, according to Polybius (II. 24), was the number of the forces of Italy:—
FOOT. HORSE.
Two consular armies, each of two legions, of 5,200 foot and 300 cavalry20,800 1,200
Allied troops30,000 2,000
Sabines and Etruscans50,000 more than 4,000
Umbrians and Sarsinates, inhabitants of the Apennines20,000 —
Cenomani and Veneti30,000 —
At Rome20,000 1,500
Allies (of the reserve)30,000 2,000
Latins80,000 5,000
Samnites70,000 7,000
Iapygians and Messapians50,000 16,000
Lucanians30,000 3,000
Marsi, Marrucini, Frentani, and Vestinic20,000 4,000
In Sicily and at Tarentum, two legions of 4,200 foot and 200 horse8,400 400
Roman and Campanian citizens250,000 23,000
699,200 69,100