There is a wide difference among historians as to the number of men transported into Africa.

In some I find ten thousand infantry and two hundred horse; in others, sixteen thousand infantry and sixteen hundred horse.

In others, again, I find it stated that thirty-five thousand infantry and cavalry were put on board the fleet, making the number more than one half greater.

Some have not added an account of the number; among whom, as the matter is doubtful, I should rather have myself ranked.

Caelius, though he abstains from specifying the number, increases the impression of their multitude indefinitely.