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This is a separate but contiguous timeline detailing the development of technologies related to energy and the usage of electricity in the Superpowers ATL.

400-1000[]

  • 484 - Blast furnace independently invented in Lugdunum by Titus Albucius
  • 616 - Discovery of the Ampulae Jovae (OTL Baghdad batteries) by the Romans
  • 649 - Invention of more efficient Ampulae
  • 640's - Electroplating Industry is founded
  • 666 - Invention of Metal Casting by the Mayans
  • 747 - Invention of the electrik motor by the Romans
  • 751 - Invention of Ampulae Manorum (small batteries) by the Romans
  • 769 - Precise designs made for an electrik motor
  • 777 - Discovery of crude oil in the Mayan Conglomerate
  • 805 - Creation of the first functional electrik motor
  • 809 - Invention of the rechargeable ampulae
  • 837 - 600 RPM motor invented by the Romans
  • 838 - First Electrik Printing Press built by the Romans
  • 853 - Construction of the Turris Horologis, largest mechanical clock ever built

1000-1200[]

  • 1004 - Electrik motor technology becomes roughly on par with OTL 1900, though in capabilities only
  • 1018 - Battery powered Polybolum invented by the Western Romans
  • 1019 - Marginally electrik Testudo invented by the Eastern Romans
  • 1074 - The first kerosene street lamps come into use in Teotihuacan
  • 1091 - Battery technology makes another major advance
  • 1103 - Turris Horologis becomes electrikally powered
  • 1156 - Invention of insulated wires, as efficient as most OTL wires
  • 1182 - Invention of the DC Generator by the Romans

1200-1400[]

  • 1210 - Proposal of the Theory of Electromagnetism by a Roman Scientist
  • 1213 - Invention of the AC Generator by the Romans
  • 1216 - Creation of the first Waterwheel Power Plant by the Romans
  • 1224 - Invention of the Condensatrum (OTL Capacitor) by the Romans
  • 1229 - Creation of an Industrial Windmill Power Plant by the Romans and foundation of the first electrikal company Eletrika Generalis
  • 1232 - Invention of a Steam Powered Water Pump by the Mayans
  • 1241 - Nationalization of the company Eletrika Generalis by the Roman State
  • 1259 - Creation of the first Powered Factory by the Romans
  • 1283 - Invention of the Testudo Electrika by the Romans
  • 1319 - Creation of the first Hydroelectrik Dam by the Romans
  • 1320 - Official start of the First Industrial Revolution of Rome or Electrical Revolution
  • 1363 - Invention of Cinciliae (OTL Lightbulbs) by the Romans
  • 1367 - Discovery of the equations for electromagnetic fields by the Romans

1400's[]

  • 1412 - Invention of the Steam Engine (OTL Watt Engine) by the Mayans
  • 1464 - Invention of the first Steam-powered vehicle by the Mayans
  • 1470 - Start of the First Industrial Revolution of Columbia or the Steam Revolution
  • 1478 - Creation of the first Mayan factory
  • 1480 - Construction is completed on the first commercial railway by the Mayans
  • 1486 - Invention of the High-pressure Steam Engine by the Mayans
  • 1489 - Japanese utilize the first recognizable Assembly Line, capable of building a full-sized boat in less than three days

1500's[]

  • 1531 - Discovery of Undia Radiantia (OTL Radio Waves) by the Romans
  • 1538 - Invention of the Tram Network by the Romans
  • 1539 - Danes steal Ampulae technology from the Romans
  • 1543 - Creation of the first Transimperial Railway System by the Mayans
  • 1547 - Transimperial Railway doubles in size
  • 1553 - Inca are given Ampulae technology by the Romans
  • 1561 - Invention of the Undiaradus (OTL Radio Transmitter) by the Romans, technology is ignored
  • 1567 - Railway Network now connects the whole Mayan Empire from end to end
  • 1579 - Invention of the Telepistula (OTL Telegram) by the Romans
  • 1596 - Creation of the first steam-powered Assembly Line in a Mayan factory

1600's[]

  • 1610 - Construction of a modern Suez Canal, bridges are raised and lowered electrically
  • 1614 - Creation of the first electrik Assembly Line in a Roman factory
  • 1621 - Invention of the Testudo Maris (OTL Ironclad) by the Romans
  • 1646 - Invention of the electrik rifle primer by the Romans
  • 1670 - Invention of the Steam-Powered Automobile by the Mayans
  • 1672 - First voice message sent over electrik wires by the Romans
  • 1693 - Invention of Amplectrika, long-distance, electrically powered transport ships, by the Romans

1700's[]

  • 1713 - Japanese are given Ampulae and Cincilliae technology by the Romans
  • 1715 - Undiaradus technology is rediscovered by the Romans
  • 1721 - Japanese are given Testudo Maris technology by the Romans
  • 1721 - Undiaradus message sent across the Oceanus Britannicus
  • 1725 - Invention of the steam-powered Testudo Maris by the Mayans
  • 1727 - Construction of the first Turris Undiaradis (OTL Radio Tower) by the Romans
  • 1730 - Creation of the electrikally powered Vastator (OTL Destroyer) by the Romans
  • 1734 - Entirety of Italia is covered by a radio network
  • 1737 - Creation of the electrikally powered Perditor (OTL Dreadnought) by the Romans
  • 1743 - Creation of the first Navis Publicae (OTL Ocean Liner) by the Mayans
  • 1748 - Radio network links to Mahabarum, it now covers all of Roman Europe and most of Roman Asia and Africa
  • 1760 - Radio network completed in South Columbia, every major city of each continent are now linked by radio
  • 1761 - First broadcast of Adnuntiae Imperiae, the first radio news station, controlled by the Roman government
  • 1766 - Romans copy the Mayan Navis Publicae, substituting steam power for electrical
  • 1770 - Invention of Pyrobola Electrika, electrically cycled machine guns, by the Romans
  • 1771 - Initial Underwater communication cable is laid, linking Iberia and Africa
  • 1773 - Mayans fail to create their first battery
  • 1774 - Foundation of the first private radio station, operating out of Carthage
  • 1775 - Inca develop steam-powered Testudo Maris based off stolen Mayan designs
  • 1777 - Invention of the first Autokinetici (OTL Electric Car) by the Romans. They are colloquially known as Auti
  • 1780 - Invention of the first Steam-Powered Autokineticus by the Mayans
  • 1783 - Invention of the first Mayan Ampulae, technology is on par with the Roman's in the 11th century
  • 1785 - Auti technology allows mileage on par with the average level by OTL 2000
  • 1791 - Conceptual invention of an Analytical Engine (OTL Babbage's Computer) by the Romans
  • 1794 - Romans give more advanced Ampulae technology to the Mayans

1800-1849[]

  • 1807 - Emperor Alexander XIV of the Roman Empire begins the tradition of a weekly radio broadcast to the nation
  • 1808 - Invention of the Internal Combustion Engine by the Mayans
  • 1808 - There is now 1 Auti for every 5 Roman families
  • 1810 - Invention of the first Combustion Powered Autokineticus by the Mayans
  • 1810 - Development of Steam-Powered Ironclads by the Mongols
  • 1810's - Start of the Second Industrial Revolution of Columbia
  • 1811 - First powered Flight at a beach near Pompeii in an electrik aircraft
  • 1813 - Invention of the first Steam Turbine producing electrik energy, by the Mayans
  • 1818 - Invention of a Combustion Powered Aircraft by the Mayans
  • 1818 - Invention of the modern Testudo (OTL Tank) by the Romans
  • 1820 - Creation of the Caelus Tercialae (OTL Triplane) by the Romans, it is the first military aircraft
  • 1829 - Independent creation of the Caelus Dualae (OTL Biplane) by the Mayans, first Mayan military aircraft
  • 1830 - Mayans give the Romans the technology of the Internal Combustion Engine, it replaces electricity in caelus designs
  • 1831 - Foundation of the Legio Caelis Expansionis or Aerial Expansionary Legion, the first Air force in the world
  • 1833 - Foundation of the Holy Mayan Air force
  • 1836 - Invention of a half-mechanical and half-electronic computer by the Romans
  • 1839 - Invention of the Diesel Engine by the Romans, Mayans are given the technology as well, slowly replacing the old design of engine
  • 1845 - Japanese are given Caelus technology by the Mayans and Romans, their aircraft are powered by combustion
  • 1857 - Mayans give the Zulus access to Steam engine technology

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