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* [[Giving Radio to the Romans|Giving Radio To The Malwa]]
* [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Scary Dogmatic Alien]]
* [[The Spock]]: Well yeah, [[You Should Know This Already|it's a ''computer'']]. And
== Romans ==
=== Romans In General ===
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: Justinian and Theodora rule not because they are aristocrats but because they are a peasant and a prostitute who happened to have enough genius, ambition, and ruthlessness to claw their way to the top
* [[Badass Army]]: (They are Romans after all)
* [[Byzantine Empire]]
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Roman General and Title Character
* [[Battle Couple]]: with Antonia. Though only rarely do they appear on the same battlefield, they coordinate strategy together, and Rana Sanga<ref>Prompted by Narses, who evidently realized it '''first'''.</ref> once speculates that Antonia was assigned to the African theater because [[The Power of Trust|he knew]] that [[The Power of Love|she would]] relieve him on time.
* [[Berserk Button]]: All of Belisarius' soldiers know that they had better not commit atrocities while he is in command.
* [[But I Read a Book About It]]: He is up on history, like many generals.
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=== Sittas ===
Long-time friend of Belisarius, and an accomplished cataphract general in his own right.<ref>Incidentally, the Real Life Sittas married Empress Theodora's older sister Comito around the time that he's introduced in this story, and may have fathered the wife of Justinian's real-world successor -- she's known to have been Theodora's niece, but Theodora had another sister.</ref> He introduced Irene to Belisarius and Antonina; she was '''his''' so-called mistress.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: When, in the first book, he demands that Belisarius tell him the details of a battle:
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=== Justinian ===
Emperor before he was excluded due to
* [[The Atoner]]
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* [[Spirited Young Lady]]
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Being a rich noblewoman did not stop her from being decent and compassionate. Or from [[Hidden Depths|surviving in a war zone.]]
=== Agathius ===
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* [[Badass in Distress]].
* [[Battle Couple]]: With Rao
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: She is a charismatic, but kind and likable girl ... who can kill men with her bare hands.
* [[Celibate Hero]] : Until she marries Rao.
* [[Chastity Couple]]: With Rao. Until they were kind of [[They Do|not.]] Then they were [[Good People Have Good Sex|something else]].
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* [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]]
* [[Rebel Leader]]
* [[Rousing Speech]]: She does this to convince the Kushans to change sides. The fact that she is a more likable employer then Venandekatra (not that '''that''' is difficult) helped quite a bit.
* [[Ruling Couple]]: with Rao
* [[Spirited Young Lady]]
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* [[Housewife]]
* [[My Girl Back Home]]
* [[No Accounting for Taste]]
** After a few hours around her, Valentinian thinks Rana Sanga's taste in this matter is perfectly good.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]:
* [[When She Smiles]]: Seeing her happy smile and the genuine warmth behind that smile is the reason Rana fell
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]
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