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{{quote|'''Reg (leader of the People's Front of Judea):''' ''All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? ''
'''PFJ member:''' ''Brought peace?''
'''Reg:''' ''Oh, peace - SHUT UP!''|'''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'''}}
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* Constantine XI Palaiologos (1449 - 1453): The last emperor in the east, he led Constantinople in a heroic [[Last Stand]] against the Turks. [[Never Found the Body|His body was never found]], elevating him to [[King in the Mountain|legendary status]].
 
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* [[The Emperor]] (from ''imperator'', a military title literally meaning "commander" and usually bestowed upon victorious generals)
* [[The Empire]] (and in the western tradition at least, also the [[Trope Codifier]])
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