▁by ▁ancient ▁military ▁authors ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁taken ▁as ▁gross ▁ex agger ations .< ref > C f . ▁G ▁Wal ser , ▁Ca esar ▁und ▁die ▁German en . ▁Studien ▁zur ▁polit . ▁T enden z ▁röm ischer ▁Feld z ub ger ichte .” ▁Historia , ▁Einzel sch rif en , ▁Vol . ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 5 6 .</ ref > ▁What ▁Ca esar ▁claims ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁ 3 6 8 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁is ▁estimated ▁by ▁other ▁sources ▁to ▁be ▁rather ▁around ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁( Pl ut arch ), ▁or ▁ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁( App ian ); ▁in ▁the ▁light ▁of ▁a ▁critical ▁analysis , ▁even ▁these ▁numbers ▁seem ▁far ▁too ▁high . ▁Fur ger - G unt i ▁cons iders ▁an ▁army ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁ 6 0 , 0 0 0 ▁fighting ▁men ▁extremely ▁unlikely ▁in ▁the ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁tact ics ▁described , ▁and ▁assumes ▁the ▁actual ▁numbers ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁around ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁war riors ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 1 6 0 , 0 0 0 ▁em igr ants . ▁Del br ück ▁suggests ▁an ▁even ▁lower ▁number ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people , ▁out ▁of ▁which ▁only ▁ 1 6 , 0 0 0 ▁were ▁f igh ters , ▁which ▁would ▁make ▁the ▁C elt ic ▁force ▁about ▁half ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁body ▁of ▁c