According to the account of Valerius Antias, there were above forty thousand of the enemy killed on that day.

Cato himself, who was certainly no disparager of his own merits, says that a great many were killed, but he specifies no number.
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The conduct of Cato on that day is judged deserving of commendation in three particulars.

First, in leading round his army so far from his camp and fleet, as to fight the battle in the very middle of the enemy, that his men might look for no safety but in their courage.

Secondly, in throwing the cohorts on the enemy's rear.
Thirdly, in ordering the second legion, when all the rest were disordered by the eagerness of their pursuit, to advance at a full pace to the gate of the camp, in compact and regular order under their standards.