 Ancient and modern historians provided different estimations for the number of ships and troops under the command of Basiliscus , as well as for the expenses of the expedition . Both were enormous ; Nicephorus Gregoras speaks of one hundred thousand ships , the more reliable <unk> says that the fleet that attacked Carthage consisted of eleven hundred and thirteen ships , having each one hundred men on board . The most conservative estimation for expedition expenses is of 64 @,@ 000 pounds of gold , a sum that exceeded a whole year 's revenue . 
