Lucius Vandall

Lucius Vandall - one of the most famous revolutionist and leader of the most powerful terrorist organization that was messing with Roman Empire. He influenced a lot of other revolutionists to become independent from Roman Empire and other Empires. There were black, white, latin and roman slaves, some people from tribes and romans, who were mad at the roman senate in his organization.

## Biography

Lucius was born in New Carthage in 25 BC at 23rd of October, but he had spent his childhood in Tarracon.

His parents were Titus Seius Vandall (47 BC-17 AD) and Dexcia Vandall (45 BC-20 AD). His father was an ex-slave.

At the age of 13, he had an idea of some sort of a career ladder where it doesn't matter where you was born, you will always could be someone you want to. His idea was denied by the gymnasium and somehow even by a senate.

Lucius was an ambidextrous, which helped him during his works on his inventions.

## Friends and Allies

* Flavius Silius Germanus
* Primus Cloelius Senecio
* Ragesindus
* Astragis
* Malaricus

## Rivalry with Ceasar and Roman Empire

### 12 BC

It all started when senate denied his works of a career ladder and told him that is not socially acceptable, untrue and has no traditions linked with it, senate catched an eye on him.

### 10 BC

Lucius walked the streets of Rome and protested against the Senate, even tried to found an anti-Caesarian campaign, but was detained along with 700 Romans

### 8 BC

Lucius started to learn everything when he understood that he can absorbe knowledge like a sponge. He after made some vandalism against Roman senate buildings.

### 7 BC

The first assassination of Caesar started. Vandall recruited almost 5000 Romans on the Coliseum when Caesar was preparing for his another speech. 40 Romans were shooting Caesar with fire arrows but the assassination failed. Almost everybody were detained and executed.

### 6 BC

Lucius gathered 10,000 discontented Romans and called his group "Vandalls" which later became infamous.

Lucius influenced Flavius Silius Germanus and they became friends. This relationship was useful for Lucius and Vandalls, because a Roman consul on their side is always good.

### 4 BC

Lucius made massive attack against Senate buildings, seriously damaging them and also the reputation of Senate by using his new invention - dynamite.

### 2 BC

Lucius bombed Colosseum, seriously damaging it and making Senate accept his demands.

### 1 BC

Lucius founds a headquarters in the Forum of Trajan (*Forum Traiani)* and calls it "Vandal Capitis".

### 2 AD

Lucius tries to make civil war happen, but he had very few people to do it. So he founded another headquarter in Palatin.

### 3 AD

Lucius presents his inventions to Romans. Which was a start of industrial revolution.

### 4 AD

Lucius gets support from Republees to get some power and compete in the senate.

## Inventions

### Corinthian order

Lucius was also interested in architecture, he had an idea of it when he was 10 years old. It is the last developed of the three principal classical orders of Ancient Greek architecture and Roman architecture. The other two are the Doric order which was the earliest, followed by the Ionic order. In Ancient Greek architecture, the Corinthian order follows the Ionic in almost all respects other than the capitals of the columns. The name *Corinthian* is derived from the ancient Greek city of Corinth, although the style had its own model in Roman practice

### Loom

At the 1 AD (0 BC) Lucius had an idea of a device used to weave cloth and tapestry which he called "texta looma machina". The basic purpose of it is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The major components of the loom are the warp beam, heddles, harnesses or shafts (as few as two, four is common, sixteen not unheard of), shuttle, reed and takeup roll. This immediately became popular and by the end of the decade (9-10 AD) this machines were absolutely everywhere and were produced 25000-40000 a week, Ceasar, unfortunately, didn't give any credit to him as they were enemies already. Later the machine was renamed into just "Loom". Then other people made different types of Loom: Back strap loom, Warp-weighted loom, Treadle loom, Tapestry loom and in every of them Lucius was mentioned.

### Dynamite

**Dynamite** is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and stabilizers. It was invented in 4 BC and used until 1940s AD. Dynamite is usually sold in the form of cardboard cylinders about 200 mm (8 in) long and about 32 mm (1
+1⁄4 in) in diameter, with a weight of about 190 grams (1⁄2 troy pound). A stick of dynamite thus produced contains roughly 1 ML (megalucius) of energy. Dynamite is usually rated by "weight strength" or "pondus viribus" (the amount of nitroglycerin it contains), usually from 20% to 60%. For example, *40% dynamite* is composed of 40% nitroglycerin and 60% "dope" (the absorbent storage medium mixed with the stabilizer and any additives). The maximum shelf life of nitroglycerin-based dynamite is recommended as 1-3 years from the date of manufacture under good storage conditions. Dynamite is moderately sensitive to shock. Shock resistance tests are usually carried out with a drop-hammer: about 100 mg of explosive is placed on an anvil, upon which a weight of between 0.5 and 10 kg (1 and 22 lb) is dropped from different heights until detonation is achieved.

### Matchlock

A **matchlock** or **firelock** is a historical type of firearm wherein the gunpowder is ignited by a burning piece of rope that is touched to the gunpowder by a mechanism that the musketeer activates by pulling a lever or trigger with his finger. It was invented in 9 BC and used until 7 BC. The matchlock mechanism allowed the Roman musketeer to apply the match himself without losing his concentration. Earlier types had only an "S"-shaped serpentine pinned to the stock either behind or in front of the flash pan (the so-called "serpentino cincinno"), one end of which was manipulated to bring the match into the pan.

### Wheellock

A **wheellock**, **wheel-lock, wheel lock** or **rota cincinno** is a friction-wheel mechanism which creates a spark that causes a firearm to fire. It was invented in 7 BC and used until 3 AD. It was the next major development in firearms technology after the matchlock and the first self-igniting firearm. Its name is from its rotating steel wheel to provide ignition. Developed in Europe around 5 BC. The wheellock works by spinning a spring-loaded steel wheel against a piece of pyrite to generate intense sparks, which ignite gunpowder in a pan, which flashes through a small touchhole to ignite the main charge in the firearm's barrel. The pyrite is clamped in vise jaws on a spring-loaded arm (or 'canis'), which rests on the pan cover.

#### The "canis"

The ***canis*** is a spring-loaded arm pivoted on the outside of the lock plate. A sparking material, usually a small piece of iron pyrite, is clamped and held by vise-like jaws at the swinging end of the arm. The dog has two possible positions to which it can be pivoted by hand: a "safe" position, in which the dog is pushed towards the muzzle of the firearm, and an "operating" position, where the dog is pulled towards the operator so that the pyrite in its jaws can engage either the top of the pan cover (see below), or (in the absence of the pan cover) the edge of a steel wheel bearing longitudinal grooves around its circumference. Flint is not suitable as a sparking material in the wheellock because it is too hard and would quickly wear away the wheel grooves.

### Flintlock

**Flintlock** is a general term for any firearm that uses a flint-striking ignition mechanism, the first of which appeared in West of European part of the Roman Empire in the early 10s AD and gradually replaced earlier firearm-ignition technologies, such as the matchlock and the wheellock. The true flintlock continued to be in common use for over two decades, replaced by percussion cap. Flintlock firearms of various types were in use by elite infantry, scouts, artillery guards, and private individuals in Roman armies throughout most of the 3 AD to 70 AD. The new flintlock system quickly became popular and was known and used in various forms throughout Europe by 3 AD. These flintlocks were in use alongside older firearms such as matchlocks and wheellocks for nearly a hundred years.

#### Pistols

Flintlock pistols were used as self-defense weapons and as a military arm. Their effective range was short, and they were frequently used as an adjunct to a sword or cutlass. Pistols were usually smoothbore although some rifled pistols were produced. Even Lucius said that flintlock mechanic itself is one of his best inventions. Flintlock pistols came in a variety of sizes and styles which often overlap and are not well defined, many of the names we use having been applied by collectors and dealers long after the pistols were obsolete. The smallest were less than 6 inches (15 cm) long and the largest were over 20 inches (51 cm). The largest sizes would be carried in holsters across a horse's back just ahead of the saddle. In-between sizes included the coat pocket pistol, or coat pistol, which would fit into a large pocket, the coach pistol, meant to be carried on or under the seat of a coach in a bag or box, and belt pistols, sometimes equipped with a hook designed to slip over a belt or waistband.

#### Muskets

Flintlock muskets were the mainstay of Roman armies between 3 AD and 105 AD. A musket was a muzzle-loading smoothbore long gun that was loaded with a round lead ball, but it could also be loaded with shot for hunting. For military purposes, the weapon was loaded with ball, or a mixture of ball with several large shot, and had an effective range of about 100 to 160 metres. Smoothbore weapons that were designed for hunting birds were called "voluptas." Flintlock muskets tended to be of large caliber and usually had no choke, allowing them to fire full-caliber balls. Military flintlock muskets tended to weigh approximately ten pounds, as heavier weapons were found to be too cumbersome, and lighter weapons were not rugged or heavy enough to be used in hand-to-hand combat. They were usually designed to be fitted with a bayonet.

#### Rifles

It was developed by Lucius by the late 12 AD. It was used for hunting, and in a military context, skirmishing and by specialist marksmen. Rifled flintlocks saw most military use by sharpshooters, skirmishers, and other support units.

## Books, poems

* Child Of The South (Un Figlio Crudele Verso)
* Code Of History (Codex Historiae)
* Spy Of Earth (Explorator Terrae)
* Sinners Around The World (Peccatores Per Orbem Terrarum)
* Confinement Of Dawn (Fiesta Antes Del Alba)

## Founded cities

* Antipolis (4 BC)
* Ad Pontes (5 BC)
* Philippopolis (2 BC)
* Lucio (5 AD)
* Ragusa (3 AD)