Liv. 22.36.1Exercitūs quoque multiplicātī sunt;The armies too were enlarged; Liv. 22.36.1quantae autem cōpiae peditum equitumque additae sint, adeō et numerō et genere cōpiārum variant auctōrēs, ut vix quicquam satis certum adfirmāre ausus sim.but as to how great the forces of infantry and cavalry were that were added, the authorities differ so much on both the number and the kind of troops that I would scarcely dare to state anything as quite certain. Liv. 22.36.2Decem mīlia novōrum mīlitum aliī scrīpta in supplēmentum, aliī novās quattuor legiōnēs, ut octō legiōnibus rem gererent;Some say ten thousand new soldiers were enrolled as reinforcements, others four new legions, so that they might carry on the campaign with eight legions; Liv. 22.36.3numerō quoque peditum equitumque legiōnēs auctās mīlibus peditum et centēnīs equitibus in singulās adiectīs, ut quīna mīlia peditum, trecēnī equitēs essent, sociī duplicem numerum equitum darent, peditīs aequārent, septemque et octōgintā mīlia armātōrum et ducentōs in castrīs Rōmānīs fuisse, cum pugnātum ad Cannās est, quīdam auctōrēs sunt.some authorities state that the legions were also increased in their number of infantry and cavalry, a thousand foot and a hundred horse being added to each, so that each had five thousand foot and three hundred horse, while the allies supplied double the number of cavalry and matched the infantry, and that there were eighty-seven thousand two hundred armed men in the Roman camp when the battle was fought at Cannae.
Liv. 22.36.5Illud haudquāquam discrepat, maiōre cōnātū atque impetū rem āctam quam priōribus annīs, quia spem posse vincī hostem dictātor praebuerat.On this point there is no disagreement at all, that the business was conducted with greater effort and energy than in previous years, because the dictator had offered hope that the enemy could be beaten. Liv. 22.36.6Cēterum priusquam signa ab urbe novae legiōnēs movērent, decemvirī librōs adīre atque īnspicere iussī ;But before the new legions moved their standards from the city, the decemvirs were ordered to consult and examine the books; Liv. 22.36.6propter territōs vulgō hominēs novīs prōdigiīs.because people generally had been frightened by new prodigies. Liv. 22.36.7Nam et Rōmae in Aventīnō et Arīciae nūntiātum erat sub idem tempus lapidibus plūvisse, et multō cruōre signa in Sabīnīs sūdāsse, et Caeretēs aquās fonte calidō gelidās mānāsse;For it had been reported that at about the same time it had rained stones at Rome on the Aventine and at Aricia, that statues among the Sabines had sweated much blood, and that at Caere waters had flowed cold from a hot spring; Liv. 22.36.8id quidem etiam, quod saepius acciderat magis terrēbat;this last indeed was the more frightening because it had happened rather often; Liv. 22.36.8et in viā fornicātā, quae ad Campum erat, aliquot hominēs dē caelō tāctī exanimātīque fuerant.and in the arched street which led to the Campus several men had been struck by lightning and killed.
Liv. 22.36.9Ea prōdigia ex librīs prōcūrāta.These prodigies were expiated in accordance with the books. Liv. 22.36.9Lēgātī ā Paestō paterās aureās Rōmam attulērunt.Envoys from Paestum brought golden bowls to Rome. Liv. 22.36.9Iīs sīcut Neāpolītānīs grātiae āctae, aurum nōn acceptum.They were thanked, as the Neapolitans had been, but the gold was not accepted.