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Scipio Africanus survived the Battle of Cannae and later became a general that recruited other Cannae veterans from Sicily kept there as "punishment" for their defeat. Why was he promoted to general when he was defeated in the same battle as those punished for that defeat?

by /u/GeneReddit123 in /r/AskHistorians

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