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* [[Magnificent Bastard]]
* [[Noble Savage]]: Whether acting or real or a mixture of both, he played this role well, knowing how to act like the steepe peoples idea of what a real [[Badass]] warlord should be: he could act [[Honor Before Reason|honorable]] , dispense [[Sacred Hospitality]] with style, and fight well. And yes he could be "savage" as well as "noble" at times.
** He also knew how to change roles and act like a Babylonian [[God
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: And he played this role remarkably well.
* [[Rags to Royalty]]
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* [[Warrior Prince]]
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Cyrus was a Persian that was actually admired by Greeks.
* [[You Killed My Father|You Killed My Son]]: According to [[Herodotus (Creator)|Herodotus]] (who admittedly [[Unreliable Narrator|liked a good yarn]]) a prince Cyrus was fighting against had [[The Caligula|on a whim]] forced one of his nobles to [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel|eat his own son]]. This noble for [[What an Idiot!|some odd reason]] happened to be in command of a large part of the army on the day of battle and refused to fight, leaving Cyrus with the victory. If this story is true it is a clinical example of [[Stupid Evil]].
** This also worked against him. Cyrus killed the prince of the Massagetae in battle, and his enraged mother, Queen Tomyris (queen regnant, not the king's wife), took command of the army and defeated Cyrus, who was killed in the battle. Herodotus goes on to say that Tomyris beheaded and crucified Cyrus' corpse, and threw his head in a sack full of blood to "quench his thirst for blood."
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