‘You know how to gain a victory; you do not know how to use it.’ Those are the famous words Maharbal, a commander in the Carthaginian army, told Hannibal after they had achieved a momentous success on the battlefield at Cannae. Whether or not Maharbal really did utter the admonishment does not matter. There are so many quotes, events, and figures from t…
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