vincere scis Hannibal victoria uti nescis Phrase

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you know [how] to win, Hannibal; you do not know [how] to use victory

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According to Livy, a colonel in the cavalry stated this to Hannibal after victory in the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC, meaning that Hannibal should have marched on Rome immediately.

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