How did Scipio Africanus respond to the plan by Roman survivors at Canusium to abandon Rome after Cannae?

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Scipio Africanus Silver coin from Carthago Nova, believed to be a portrait of Scipio Africanus the Elder; in the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, National Museum, Copenhagen.

Following the disastrous Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE, a group of Roman survivors gathered at Canusium. Among them were some individuals who, in their despair, plotted to abandon Rome and desert the cause. Scipio Africanus, then serving as a young military tribune, boldly thwarted this plan, preventing the soldiers from deserting their country.1