This afternoon, Cabo explained his strategy when using a simulator to recreate the Roman Empire, and choosing the country of Italy engaged in a "Conflict of Nations" challenge. The objective is to protect one’s country from its enemies and to conquer as much territory as you can before the enemy does, using strategies that involve achieving economic efficiency and technological superiority over other nations. One additionally has to skillfully manage the economy, armed forces, and conduct scientific research to expand one's army. Forming strong alliances and coalitions is also an integral part of the objective. The conversation lead to a discussion of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Cabo shared his opinion that Putin's aim is world domination and that Russia's invasion has the potential to set up a clash of nuclear war powers. We ended our class engaged in a bit of a debate about whether or not art imitates life.