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What role did Scipio Africanus serve at the Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE?
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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.
At the Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE, Scipio Africanus served as a young military tribune. Following the Roman defeat, he escaped to Canusium, where he rallied approximately 4,000 survivors and prevented a group of soldiers from deserting Rome.1