Aemilius Paullus and Terentius Varro mustered the biggest army possible
216 BC Bari Metropolitan City, Italy
In 216, the new consuls Aemilius Paullus and Terentius Varro mustered the biggest army possible, with eight legions (more than 80,000 soldiers) – twice as many as the Punic army – and confronted Hannibal, who was encamped at Cannae, in Apulia.
