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![Strength 86,400 men (Polybius) • 80,000 infantry • 6,400 cavalry 50,000 men • 40,000 infantry • 10,000 cavalry Casualties and losses 67,500 (Livy) • 48,200 killed • 19,300 captured 5,700 killed (Polybius) 14,000+ escaped[1][2] Oh boy! With such high casualty rates the Romans will have to surrender! Instead, Hannibal sent a delegation led by Carthalo to negotiate a peace treaty with the Senate on moderate terms. Despite the multiple catastrophes Rome had suffered, the Senate refused to parley. Instead, they redoubled their efforts, declaring full mobilization of the male Roman population, and raised new legions, enlisting landless peasants and even slaves.192] So firm were these measures that the We will never surrender! word "peace" was prohibited, mourning was limited to only 30 days, and public tears were prohibited even to women. 491:386](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/184/377/833.jpg)
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