History Trivia / Rihannsu

** The structure of the Romulan government is given as a series of aristocratic councils referred to as the Tricameron, with among other things twelve praetors ("''fvillham''") serving in a separate chamber from the bi-cameral Senate ("''deihuit''"). The TV series beginning with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' showed the Senate as a unicameral legislature, with a single praetor apparently equivalent to a prime minister (conveniently, Ael mentions she's going to reform the government at the end of ''The Empty Chair''). The closest thing in canon to the Diane Duane's Praetorate is the Continuing Committee that comes up in "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E16InterArmaEnimSilentLeges Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges]]".

* {{Jossed}}: A considerable portion of the Rihannsu backstory given in ''The Romulan Way'' conflicts with later {{canon}} sources, especially ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''.

* JustForFun/OneOfUs: Diane Duane and Peter Morwood wrote the whole of ''The Romulan Way'' on their honeymoon, after getting married at a con in Boston.

* ReferencedBy: A short story in ''Literature/{{Aeon 14}}'' called "Know Thy Enemy" states there are cults on the planet Vulcan, in the 40 Eridani system, that worship a smith god alternately called Vulcan or S'harien. S'harien was a swordsmith and convert to Surak's reality-truth who forged the sword that Ael steals in ''The Romulan Way''.

The ''Enterprise'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E03Minefield Minefield]]" shows the Romulans as already possessing warp drive and cloaking devices at FirstContact with United Earth in the 2150s. While some of the ''Literature/StarTrekEnterpriseRelaunch'' novels (effectively ENT seasons 5 through 7, written partially using the notes of Manny Coto et al.) borrowed parts of Creator/DianeDuane's worldbuilding, the Earth-Romulan War instead took place before the Federation, and in fact was [[FireForgedFriends a catalyst for its creation]] out of an alliance of Alpha and Beta Quadrant races (chiefly humanity, the Andorians, the Vulcans, and the Tellarites) that joined forces to beat the Romulans.

** The structure of the Romulan government is given as a series of aristocratic councils referred to as the Tricameron, with among other things twelve praetors ("''fvillham''") serving in a separate chamber from the bi-cameral Senate ("''deihuit''"). The TV series beginning with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' showed the Senate as a unicameral legislature, with a single praetor apparently equivalent to a prime minister (conveniently, Ael mentions she's going to reform the government at the end of ''The Empty Chair'').

* JustForFun/OneOfUs: Diane Duane and Peter Morwood wrote the whole of ''The Romulan Way'' on their honeymoon.

** The structure of the Romulan government is given as a series of aristocratic councils referred to as the Tricameron, with among other things twelve praetors ("''fvillham''") serving in a separate chamber from the bi-cameral Senate ("''deihuit''"). The TV series beginning with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' showed the Senate as a unicameral legislature, with a single praetor apparently equivalent to a prime minister (conveniently, Ael mentions she's going to reform the government at the end of ''The Empty Chair''). Later, in Star Trek: Nemesis, the Romulan Praetor is stated to have 'always' been the high commander of the Romulan fleet.

** The structure of the Romulan government is given as a series of aristocratic councils referred to as the Tricameron, with among other things twelve praetors ("''fvillham''") serving in a separate chamber from the bi-cameral Senate ("''deihuit''"). The TV series beginning with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' showed the Senate as a unicameral legislature, with a single praetor apparently equivalent to a prime minister (conveniently, Ael mentions she's going to reform the government at the end of ''The Empty Chair'').

** The structure of the Romulan government is given as a series of aristocratic councils referred to as the Tricameron, with among other things twelve praetors ("''fvillham''") serving in a separate chamber from the Senate ("''deihuit''"). The TV series beginning with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' showed the Senate as a unicameral legislature, with a single praetor apparently equivalent to a prime minister.

The ''Enterprise'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E03Minefield Minefield]]" shows the Romulans as already possessing warp drive and cloaking devices at FirstContact with the Federation in the 2150s. While some of the ''Literature/StarTrekEnterpriseRelaunch'' novels (effectively ENT seasons 5 through 7, written partially using the notes of Manny Coto et al.) borrowed parts of Creator/DianeDuane's worldbuilding, the Earth-Romulan War instead took place before the Federation, and in fact was [[FireForgedFriends a catalyst for its creation]] out of an alliance of Alpha and Beta Quadrant races (chiefly humanity, the Andorians, the Vulcans, and the Tellarites) that joined forces to beat the Romulans.