Carthage

On 27 June 1844, Joseph Smith was shot dead at Carthage Jail while running for President of the United States. The mob that killed him made the same mistake as everyone who has ever underestimated what a martyr story can do for a new religion.

Rome had soldiers in Spain a century before Julius Caesar bothered with France, even though France was right next door. The reason has nothing to do with strategy and everything to do with Hannibal.