Within the city of New York, near the University of Columbia, sat a young man of Italian-American descent in his mid-twenties. This man's name was Frank Caruso, who was sitting at his desk staring towards his computer screen as he played a competitive match of a popular strategy game based on Classical Antiquity.
He quickly executed his commands as he played as the Romans against another player who utilized the armies of Hannibal against him. With the click of a button, his troops swiftly marched in formation against the other player. Before long, the legions of Rome clashed with the Sacred Band of Carthage.
Unbeknownst to his rival, Frank had set his Auxilia forces to encircle the Carthaginians in a classic double-envelopment. On this virtual battlefield, tens of thousands of computer-generated soldiers shed each other's blood as a familiar scene displayed itself.
Inspired by the Carthaginian General Hannibal, Frank expertly transitioned his forces into a double envelopment. Which was the same tactic Carthage had famously used against the Romans at Cannae, resulting in one of the worst military defeats the Roman Republic had ever suffered.