| FOOT. | HORSE. | ||
| Two consular armies, each of two legions, of 5,200 foot and 300 cavalry | 20,800 | 1,200 | |
| Allied troops | 30,000 | 2,000 | |
| Sabines and Etruscans | 50,000 | more than | 4,000 |
| Umbrians and Sarsinates, inhabitants of the Apennines | 20,000 | — | |
| Cenomani and Veneti | 30,000 | — | |
| At Rome | 20,000 | 1,500 | |
| Allies (of the reserve) | 30,000 | 2,000 | |
| Latins | 80,000 | 5,000 | |
| Samnites | 70,000 | 7,000 | |
| Iapygians and Messapians | 50,000 | 16,000 | |
| Lucanians | 30,000 | 3,000 | |
| Marsi, Marrucini, Frentani, and Vestinic | 20,000 | 4,000 | |
| In Sicily and at Tarentum, two legions of 4,200 foot and 200 horse | 8,400 | 400 | |
| Roman and Campanian citizens | 250,000 | 23,000 | |
| 699,200 | 69,100 |
[508] See the Memoir of Zumpt, Stand der Bevölkerung im Alterthum. Berlin, 1841.
[509] Polybius, III. 30.
[510] Titus Livius, XXI. 7.
[511] Appian, Wars of Spain, 10.
[512] Polybius, III. 90.—“The allies had till then remained firm in their attachment.” (Titus Livius, XXII. 61.)—“This fidelity which they have preserved towards us in the midst of our reverses.” (Speech of Fabius, Titus Livius, XXII. 39.)
[513] There were among the Roman troops Samnite cavalry. (Titus Livius, XXVII. 43.)
[514] Titus Livius, XXII. 49; XXIII. 12.—“In the second Punic war, the use of rings had already become common; otherwise it would have been impossible for Hannibal to send three modii of rings to Carthage.” (Pliny, XXXIII. 6.)—We read in Appian: “The tribunes of the soldiers wear the gold ring, their inferiors have it of ivory.” (Punic Wars, VIII. cv.)
[515] “The Greek towns, inclined to maintain their alliance with Rome.” (Titus Livius, XXIV. 1.)—Even in Bruttium, the small town of Petelia defended itself against Hannibal with the greatest energy; the women fought like the men. (Appian, VII. 29.)
[516] Eutropius, III. 6.