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.

How quickly the sun sets. How soon the day turns into night. How easy it is for warmth to flee.

A very rich man had three children. He split his inheritance equally among them. He then asked them to act generously. The first child kept it all. The second child spent it all. And the third child gave away the entire inheritance as soon as it was received. The first and second child protested that…