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* TheConspiracy: [[spoiler: The plot to kill Julian on campaign is backed by several of Julian's senior officers, including future emperors Valens, Valentinian, and Jovian.]]
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[FourStarBadass Daglaif]] and his German/Gallic troops butcher hundreds of Persians in [[spoiler:misplaced]] retribution for [[spoiler:Julian's death.]]
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* PetTheDog: Emperor Theodosius, devout Christian and fervent persecutor of pagans, decides to legitimize Libanius's bastard son, partly as consolation for refusing to punish his biography of Julian.
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* DyingCurse: During [[LaserGuidedKarma Maximus's trial for practicing magic]], he said that the one to put him to death would suffer an ignominious end. The emperor who executed him, Valens, was [[CruelAndUnusualDeath cut to pieces by the Goths]] at Adrianople.
-->'''Priscus''':Right to the end, Maximus was lucky in his predictions.
-->'''Priscus''':Right to the end, Maximus was lucky in his predictions.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Or at least, Ambition is Deadly. Julian triumphs repeatedly during his Persian campaign and almost gains a settlement with the Persians that would by even Maximus's admission be one of the greatest triumphs a Roman Emperor has won. But Maximus then plays on Julian's ambition to surpass Alexander, no settlement is reached, and Julian dies in Persia.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Julian, as both Caesar and Augustus, leads his soldiers himself, even personally leading assaults against fortresses in his Persian campaign.
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* AxCrazy: Gallus. As Caesar in Antioch, he has a habit of stalking the streets and either fantasizing about murdering people or actually murdering them.
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* GotVolunteered: Literally in the case of Julian, who is offered a choice between declaring himself Caesar of Gaul, or being murdered by said Gauls. It's unclear whether or not Julian is embellishing events to disguise his ambition.
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* GotVolunteered: Literally in the case of Julian, who is offered a choice between declaring himself Caesar Augustus of Gaul, the West, or being murdered by said Gauls.his Gallic legions. It's unclear whether or not Julian is embellishing events to disguise his ambition.
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* BadassBookworm: Julian. Priscus has his moments.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Maximus. He deserves it.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Libanius and Priscus.
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* AxCrazy: [[BeautyIsBad Gallus]]. Sweet gods on Olympus, '''[[TheCaligula Gallus]].'''
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* AxCrazy: [[BeautyIsBad Gallus]]. Sweet gods on Olympus, '''[[TheCaligula Gallus]].'''
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* IncestSubtext: [[InUniverse]] and {{Lampshaded}}. Priscus and Libanius note that Julian seems somewhat enamored of [[BeautyIsBad Gallus]]'s looks, and is therefore somewhat more forgiving of his brother than he ought to be.
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* IncestSubtext: [[InUniverse]] and {{Lampshaded}}. Priscus and Libanius note that Julian seems somewhat enamored of [[BeautyIsBad Gallus]]'s looks, and is therefore somewhat more forgiving of his brother than he ought to be.
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* PhonyPsychic: Maximus. Picture BrianBlessed in a toga, waving a staff around and pretending not to be useless. (His bogus fortune-telling is a direct cause of Julian dying on the battlefield, and Maximus is later [[LaserGuidedKarma convicted of heresy by the new regime.]])
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* PhonyPsychic: Maximus. Picture BrianBlessed Creator/BrianBlessed in a toga, waving a staff around and pretending not to be useless. (His bogus fortune-telling is a direct cause of Julian dying on the battlefield, and Maximus is later [[LaserGuidedKarma convicted of heresy by the new regime.]])
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* DeathOfTheOldGods: Hellenistic Religion, the Greek and Roman Pantheon are on their last legs. Their shrines and temples are used as roadside privies and their rituals have become gaudy exotic spectacles for tourists.
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* DeathOfTheOldGods: Hellenistic Religion, the Greek and Roman Pantheon are on their last legs. Their shrines and temples are used as roadside privies and their rituals have become gaudy exotic spectacles for tourists. Indeed when Julian dispatches a man to consult an Oracle at Delphi about whether his attempt to restore classicism will survive, the Oracle (called the Pythoness) states:
--> ''Tell the King: on earth has fallen the glorious dwelling, and the water-springs that spoke are still. Nothing is left the god, no roof, no shelter, and in his hand the prophet laurel flowers no more.''[[note]]This is an adaptation of the famous final prophesy issued by the Delphic Pythoness in the reign of Theodosius, dramatically brought forward by Vidal[[/note]]
--> ''Tell the King: on earth has fallen the glorious dwelling, and the water-springs that spoke are still. Nothing is left the god, no roof, no shelter, and in his hand the prophet laurel flowers no more.''[[note]]This is an adaptation of the famous final prophesy issued by the Delphic Pythoness in the reign of Theodosius, dramatically brought forward by Vidal[[/note]]
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'''Libanius''': "[[StealthInsult Nothing man invents]] can last for ever, including Christ, his most mischievous invention."
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'''Saint John Chrysostom''': "[[ArmorPiercingQuestion For ever]]?"\\
'''Libanius''':"[[StealthInsult "[[ArmorPiercingResponse Nothing man invents]] invents can last for ever, ever]], [[ReligionIsWrong including Christ, his most mischievous invention.invention]]."
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* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: Vidal is firmly on the side of the Enlightenment with Libanius and Priscus essentially serving as stand-ins as critics of the Emperor Julian's romantic dreams of single-handedly restoring antiquity against the tide of history and society. In the end, Julian became the embodiment of the end of antiquity with all his plans and reforms overturned on his death, while Libanius realizes that the classic world of Hellenism and antiquity has lost to Christianity, but he takes hope in the expectation that one day Christianity too will decline and lose favour among the people, much like the Gods it had replaced:
--> ''The world Julian wanted to preserve and restore is gone...but I shall not write "for ever", for who can know the future? Meanwhile, the barbarians are at the gate. Yet when they breach the wall, they will find nothing of value to seize, only empty relics. The spirit of what we were has fled. So be it...With Julian, the light went, and now nothing remains but to let the darkness come, and hope for a new sun and another day, born of time's mystery [[UsefulNotes/TheEnlightenment and man's love of light]].
--> ''The world Julian wanted to preserve and restore is gone...but I shall not write "for ever", for who can know the future? Meanwhile, the barbarians are at the gate. Yet when they breach the wall, they will find nothing of value to seize, only empty relics. The spirit of what we were has fled. So be it...With Julian, the light went, and now nothing remains but to let the darkness come, and hope for a new sun and another day, born of time's mystery [[UsefulNotes/TheEnlightenment and man's love of light]].
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* ShutUpKirk: Libanius' exchange with Saint John of Chrysostom, an important Church father (and an ex-student of his), who notes that Christianity has definitively taken root in Europe for good:
--> '''Saint John Chrysostom''':"Do you see no significance in our victory? For we have won. You must admit that."\\
'''Libanius''':"The golden age ended. So will the age of iron, so will all things, including man. But with your new god, the hope of human happiness has ended."\\
'''Libanius''': "[[StealthInsult Nothing man invents]] can last for ever, including Christ, his most mischievous invention."
--> '''Saint John Chrysostom''':"Do you see no significance in our victory? For we have won. You must admit that."\\
'''Libanius''':"The golden age ended. So will the age of iron, so will all things, including man. But with your new god, the hope of human happiness has ended."\\
'''Libanius''': "[[StealthInsult Nothing man invents]] can last for ever, including Christ, his most mischievous invention."
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* AGodAmI: Perhaps the worst thing Maximus does is to convince Julian that Cybele had spoken to him, telling him that she'd send the spirit of UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat to guide him, and that his victory is assured. [[{{Understatement}} This gets him into quite a bit of trouble.]]
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* AGodAmI: Perhaps the worst thing Maximus does is to convince Julian that Cybele had spoken to him, telling him that she'd send the spirit of UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat to guide him, and that his victory is assured. [[{{Understatement}} This gets him into quite a bit of trouble.]]
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* AGodAmI: Perhaps the worst thing Maximus does is to convince Julian that Cybele had spoken to him, telling him that she'd send the spirit of AlexanderTheGreat to guide him, and that his victory is assured. [[{{Understatement}} This gets him into quite a bit of trouble.]]
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* EndOfAnAge: The book highlights Julian's brief reign as the end of the Ancient World with Christianity setting a ResetButton and changing civilization forever. Hellenistic religion despite Julian's fervent efforts to revive it are in total decay and in the end [[ForegoneConclusion it will die out.]]
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* EndOfAnAge: The book highlights Julian's brief reign as the end of the Ancient World with Christianity setting a ResetButton and changing civilization forever. Hellenistic religion despite Julian's fervent efforts to revive it are is in total decay and in the end [[ForegoneConclusion it will die out.]]
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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: What ''was'' the deal with that imperial robe--the one that got a deacon killed? You order the wrong color garment (in this case, the same as the Emperor's), and are immediately found guilty of treason? The tailor is executed too. [[NoKillLikeOverkill Better safe than sorry]], we guess. Basically no one is safe in Rome.
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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: What ''was'' the deal with that imperial robe--the one that got a deacon killed? You order the wrong color garment (in this case, the same as the Emperor's), and are immediately found guilty of treason? The tailor is executed too. [[NoKillLikeOverkill [[WitchHunt Better safe than sorry]], we guess. Basically Literally no one is safe in Rome.
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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: What ''was'' the deal with that imperial robe--the one that got a deacon killed? You order the wrong color garment (in this case, the same as the Emperor's), and are immediately found guilty of treason? The tailor is executed too. [[NoKillLikeOverkill Better safe than sorry]], we guess. Basically no one is safe in Rome.
* DeathOfTheOldGods: Hellenistic Religion, the Greek and Roman Pantheon are on their last legs. Their shrines and temples are used as roadside privies and their rituals have become gaudy exotic spectacles for tourists.
* DeathOfTheOldGods: Hellenistic Religion, the Greek and Roman Pantheon are on their last legs. Their shrines and temples are used as roadside privies and their rituals have become gaudy exotic spectacles for tourists.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What ''was'' the deal with that imperial robe--the one that got a deacon killed? You order the wrong color garment (in this case, the same as the Emperor's), and are immediately found guilty of treason? The tailor is executed too. [[NoKillLikeOverkill Better safe than sorry]], we guess.
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: The Deacon, killed for the cloak, and Ursulus, killed for badmouthing soldiers.
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: MakeAnExampleOfThem: The Deacon, killed for the cloak, and Ursulus, killed for badmouthing soldiers.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What ''was'' the deal with that imperial robe--the one that got a deacon killed? You order the wrong color garment (in this case, the same as the Emperor's), and are immediately found guilty of treason? The tailor is executed too. [[NoKillLikeOverkill Better safe than sorry]], we guess.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What ''was'' the deal with that imperial robe- the one that got a deacon killed?
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** However, it must be remembered Julian is an UnreliableNarrator, with a motive to justify his reliance on prophecy.
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* [[AGodAmI An Alexander Am I]]: Perhaps the worst thing Maximus does is to convince Julian that Cybele had spoken to him, telling him that she'd send the spirit of AlexanderTheGreat to guide him, and that his victory is assured. [[{{Understatement}} This gets him into quite a bit of trouble.]]
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* [[spoiler: UnfriendlyFire: Julian is killed by one of his own soldiers, who makes it appear as if he was felled by an enemy Persian's spear]].
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* OlderThanYouThink: Apparently, the concept of the Eucharist goes all the way back to Zarathustra, six centuries before Jesus.
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* ValuesResonance: The Historical Julian really was in favor of religious tolerance, and really did say "Can anyone be ever found innocent, if all you must do is accuse him?"
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