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The Histories .[Polyb. 3.107. Translated by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh. Cambridge University Press. (2 Vols.) p. 264] http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/c...
The Senate determined to bring eight legions into the field, which had never been done at Rome before, each legion consisting of five thousand men besides allies. …Most of their wars are decided by one consul and two legions, with their quota of allies; and they rarely employ all four at one time and on one service. But on this occasion, so great was the alarm and terror of what would happen, they resolved to bring not only four but eight legions into the field.