Gotta say, as ship classes go, "Cuniberti" doesn't quite conjure up the same mental image as "Dreadnought".
I mean really, imagine the phrase "Space Cuniberti"
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/26493/space-dreadnought-3000
Relatedly, since WWI ITTL doesn't discredit the concept of Empires...