Of the soldiers the majority escaped through the mountains to friendly territory, but a part fell into the hands of the enemy.
Cassius Dio, Roman History
David Drake did a very good novel, Ranks of Bronze, on the survivors being purchased by alien merchants who used them to fight on low tech worlds. The fate of the survivors has intrigued a few novelists and historians.

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