730-762 CE (Superpowers)

Son of a prominent senator of the Dorian family of Romans, Emperor Perita was the official elected by the Senate to take over the post of Emperor of the Romans. He had already graduated from the Academia Bellica with several honors and had been Governor of Gothia for 6 years already, having led several armies against attacking barbarians. As usual of an elected emperor he was very successful throughout his reign, and overall made very good decisions for the sake of the Empire. Most importantly however, he greatly increased imperial subsidies to Archaedavincus, and so the reign of Perita was marked by the many continued advances of this great man.

Civil Events
Over the 730's Archaedavincus was putting forward his greatest idea yet, something which would be the single most advanced invention up to that point in history. He believed that since a fortress was the greatest conceivable defensive structure, the greatest offensive structure would be a fortress that moved. Calculating what substances had the greatest durability for thickness and for weight, he decided on a Davincan Steel defensive shell. His designs required for very precise thicknesses at certain parts of the vehicle, all parts able to resist even the strongest arrow bolts, and most parts were to be completely immune to ballista or scorpio weaponry.

The shape of the vehicle's armor was also design to be slanted in such a way that most long-range weapons would simply glance off of it, with the added bonus of making battering rams ineffective as well. Short-range weaponry, such as spears and swords, were similarly unable to penetrate its armor, even when wielded by the strongest of attackers. Heavy melee weapons like battle hammers and long axes could potentially dent it, but there would need to be an immensely strong man behind the weapon. Acutula theorized that only a catapult had the sheer power to destroy his new weapon, a threat that was hardly one to be considered, even for a vehicle of its size.