What weapons would a mathematician in the 1600s invent? We see that very question answered in the Second Punic War, the Roman’s attack Carthage’s fort on the island of Sicily, also the home of Archimedes. The siege was a multi month affair. At his creativity the claw of Archimedes, and, hypothetically, a giant mirror directed…

The same routine plays out. Unclear how it happened. Awareness first. Course correct second.

Have you heard of the fifth smallest country in the world? Its origin was a refuge from the last efforts of Christian persecution in the Roman Empire. Today, aloof from its neighboring Italian countryman.

A city state in Tunisia, North Africa, grows. Eventually growing to conflict with the Roman Empire. Enter the terrible trios of Punic Wars.

Saying yes. Being surprised. Making it.