Rome vs Han essay- want get some opinions

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Not to mention that by performing poorly in battle could get your considerable amount of property revoked.

Really? Where did you read that, and how did it operate? Are you talking about senior officers or the legionary?

I'm going from memory here, AND its republican times not empire, but I believe the survivors of Cannae were banned from Italian soil. It was only much later, once things were going well again, that they were pardoned. I can't remember the exact reasoning for the pardon.