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Maharbal is most famously known for what he allegedly said in a conversation with Hannibal immediately following the Battle of Cannae.

According to Livy the conversation went like this: after Maharbal expressed interest on marching to Rome immediately: " I commend your zeal ," he ( Hannibal ) said to Maharbal, " but I need time to weigh the plan which you propose.

" " Assuredly ," Maharbal replied, " no one man has been blessed with all God's gifts.

You, Hannibal, know how to gain a victory ; you do not know how to use it.

" The famous Latin for the last sentence of the conversation goes like this: " Vincere scis, Hannibal ; victoria uti nescis.