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In Ancient Roman warfare, the testudo or tortoise formation was a formation used commonly by the Roman Legions during battles, particularly sieges. Testudo is the Latin word for "tortoise". The Greek term for this formation is "chelone" and during the Byzantine era, it seems to have evolved to what military manuals of the era call the "foulkon".
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Due to the testudo formation's success in defending Roman soldiers, Rome prospers and its economy thrives.
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Because of Rome's prosperous economy, it can afford to grow larger in size, allowing for more people to live in the growing empire.
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Rome's larger size allows for more people to be alive; as such, more births occur.
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.
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The stage is set; Yuri Gagarin's ancestors are born. In a couple thousand years, these ancestors will pass down generations and generations, eventually leading to the Soviet astronaut himself.
