I read a while back about a Roman? General who attacked a village/settlement that was separated and protected by a river or body of water of some sort and he built a bridge to cross over and attack and once he was victorious on his way back he burned down the bridge as a matter of pride to demonstrate Rome's reach and ability. He might have been Scipio and some attack on Carthage? but I'm not too sure.

I really want to read more about this I just can't remember any specifics to start a wiki surf session. Any help would be greatly appreciated.