93. Nec ulla, annalibus, praeter Cannensem pugnam, ita ad
internecionem res legitur gesta. Ammian. xxxi. 13. According
to the grave Polybius, no more than 370 horse and 3000 foot
escaped from the field of Cannae; l0,000 were made
prisoners; and the number of the slain amounted to 5630
horse and 70,000 foot (Polyb. 1. iii. [c. 117] p. 371, edit.
Casaubon, in 8vo.). Livy (xxsii. 49) is somewhat less
bloody; he slaughters only 2700 horse and 40,000 foot. The
Roman army was supposed to consist of 87,200 effective men
(xxii. 36).