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* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Lucullus breeds fish and eels, and names the fattest and ugliest eel in his collection "Pompey".
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* AmoralAttorney: Cicero has no qualms about defending obviously guilty men in court, for bribes or political gain. His CourtroomAntics make him famous in Rome and lead to his consulship.
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* AmoralAttorney: Cicero has no qualms about defending obviously guilty men in court, for bribes or political gain.gain, although he draws the line at monsters like Sergius Catilina. His CourtroomAntics make him famous in Rome and lead to his consulship.
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* BaldOfEvil: Crassus. Caesar is also noted to be losing his hair.
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* BaldOfEvil: Crassus.Crassus is affectionately called "Old Baldhead" by his soldiers. Caesar is also noted to be losing his hair.
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** Gaius Verres serves as the StarterVillain whom Cicero makes his name by defeating in court.
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* MarketBasedTitle: ''Lustrum'' was released as ''Conspirata'' in the US and France.
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* MarketBasedTitle: ''Lustrum'' was released as ''Conspirata'' in the US and France.France and as ''Titan'' in Germany.
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* DidYouActuallyBelieve: Unlike everyone else. Octavian has absolutely no reason to give Cicero anything once he gets power. He lets Cicero believe for a moment he will be allowed to return to government. But only a moment.
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* UngratefulBastard: Pompey, who doesn't lift a finger to help Cicero get elected consul after Cicero got Pompey his special command under the ''Lex Gabinia''. And again when Pompey does nothing to help Cicero avoid exile, after Cicero has been arguing for Pompey's bills in the Senate.
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* UngratefulBastard: UngratefulBastard:
** Pompey, who doesn't lift a finger to help Cicero get elected consul after Cicero got Pompey his special command under the ''Lex Gabinia''. And again when Pompey does nothing to help Cicero avoid exile, after Cicero has been arguing for Pompey's bills in theSenate.Senate.
** Popillius, whom Cicero saved from a murder charge at the start of the series, kills Cicero at the end of the last novel.
** Pompey, who doesn't lift a finger to help Cicero get elected consul after Cicero got Pompey his special command under the ''Lex Gabinia''. And again when Pompey does nothing to help Cicero avoid exile, after Cicero has been arguing for Pompey's bills in the
** Popillius, whom Cicero saved from a murder charge at the start of the series, kills Cicero at the end of the last novel.
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* CourtroomAntics: Part of Cicero's success comes from his practically inventing this trope to win popular approval. See also RousingSpeech, SimpleCountryLawyer.
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** It isn't obvious because characters are usually referred to by their more distinctive nomen (second name) or cognomen (third name), but Cicero, Crassus, Antony, Cato, Rufus, Lepidus and Brutus all share the same first name, Marcus. Caesar, Octavian, Verres, Hybrida and Cassius all have the first name Gaius.
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** It isn't obvious because characters are usually referred to by their more distinctive nomen (second name) or cognomen (third name), but Cicero, Crassus, Antony, Cato, Rufus, Lepidus and Brutus all share the same first name, name: Marcus. Caesar, Octavian, Verres, Hybrida and Cassius all have the first name Gaius. Hortensius, Catulus, Celer and Cicero's brother and nephew are all named Quintus.
** Cicero's son is also named Marcus Tullius Cicero.
** Cicero's son is also named Marcus Tullius Cicero.
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* CivilWar: There are two in ''Dictator'': The first is between Caesar and the Senate, the second between Caesar's heirs (who initially fight each other) and then between them and the Republic's forces.
* EmergencyAuthority: A few times Pompey conspires to be given this in order to deal with some perceived threat to Rome. The ''Lex Gabinia'' grants him near-unlimited powers to deal with the Mediterranean pirates. He is also appointed sole consul after Caesar invades Italy. As Cato points out, the trend of giving supreme commands to one man is actually undermining the Republic and its tradition of power-sharing.
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* EmergencyAuthority: A few times Pompey conspires to be given this in order to deal with some perceived threat to Rome. The ''Lex Gabinia'' grants him near-unlimited powers to deal with the Mediterranean pirates. He is also appointed sole consul after Caesar invades Italy. As Cato points out, the trend of giving supreme commands to one man is actually undermining the Republic and its tradition of power-sharing.
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* AlliterativeName: Lucius Lucullus. Bonus points because his full name is Lucius Licinius Lucullus.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Cicero helps get Pompey's ''lex gabinia'' passed. He later acknowledges that this was one of the milestones in the demise of the republic, as it set a precedent for one man being given supreme power in the state. Later on, he also supports and empowers Octavian, which further hastens the republic's fall.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Cicero helps get Pompey's ''lex gabinia'' passed. He later acknowledges that this was one of the milestones in the demise of the republic, as it set a precedent for one man being given supreme power in the state. Later on, he also supports and empowers Octavian, which further hastens the republic's fall.
** Brutus and co think that killing Caesar will restore the Republic. Instead, it just sets in motion events that culminate in Caesar's nephew/adopted son Octavian finally bringing down the Republic and becoming TheEmperor.
** Cicero helps get Pompey's ''lex gabinia'' passed. He later acknowledges that this was one of the milestones in the demise of the republic, as it set a precedent for one man being given supreme power in the state. Later on, he also supports and empowers Octavian, which further hastens the republic's fall.
** Brutus and co think that killing Caesar will restore the Republic. Instead, it just sets in motion events that culminate in Caesar's nephew/adopted son Octavian finally bringing down the Republic and becoming TheEmperor.
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* RousingSpeech: Averted in a big way in the third book. Cicero and the Senate recall the legions from Africa as their last-ditch defense against Octavian and Antony. Cicero gives a speech to the troops about Roman liberty and laws and freedoms. Tiro, watching the soldiers, observes that it has no effect on them whatsoever. The next day the African legions go over to Octavian, and the game is up.
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* RousingSpeech: RousingSpeech:
** Antony delivers a major one at Caesar's funeral, goading the mob to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Caesar's assassins.
** Averted in a big way in the third book. Cicero and the Senate recall the legions from Africa as their last-ditch defense against Octavian and Antony. Cicero gives a speech to the troops about Roman liberty and laws and freedoms. Tiro, watching the soldiers, observes that it has no effect on them whatsoever. The next day the African legions go over to Octavian, and the game is up.
** Antony delivers a major one at Caesar's funeral, goading the mob to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Caesar's assassins.
** Averted in a big way in the third book. Cicero and the Senate recall the legions from Africa as their last-ditch defense against Octavian and Antony. Cicero gives a speech to the troops about Roman liberty and laws and freedoms. Tiro, watching the soldiers, observes that it has no effect on them whatsoever. The next day the African legions go over to Octavian, and the game is up.
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** Helvius Cinna is TornApartByTheMob looking to avenge Caesar's death because he has a similar name to one of the assassins.
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* EtTuBrute: The RealLife TropeNamer (via [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''). Caesar's dying words are a reproach to Decimus Brutus: "even you?"
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** Invoked when Tiro says he will refer to Decimus Brutus as Decimus to avoid confusing him with his better known distant cousin, Marcus Junius Brutus.
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-->Pompey had laid out open chests on glistening display that morning which contained seventy-five million silver drachmae: more than the annual tax revenue of the entire Roman world. And that was just the cash. Towering over the parade, and requiring a team of four oxen to pull it, was a solid gold statue of Mithradates that was twelve feet tall. There was Mithradates's throne and his sceptre, also gold. There were thirty-three of his crowns, made of pearl, and three golden statues of Apollo, Minerva and Mars. There was a mountain shaped like a pyramid and made of gold, with deer and lions and fruit of every variety, and a golden vine entwined all around it. There was a chequered gaming board, three feet long by four feet broad, made of precious green and blue stones, with a solid gold moon upon it weighing thirty pounds. There was a sundial made of pearls. Another five wagons were required to carry the most precious books from the royal library.
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** [[AxCrazy Catilina]] and [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Crassus]] in ''Imperium''.
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** Cicero regards Antony as the BigBad in the second half of ''Dictator'', but it's really Octavian.
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* BigBad: A few examples, though a lot of characters are black and gray rather than outright evil. Even most of the baddies end up on the same side as Cicero at one time or another.
** [[AxCrazy Catilina]] and [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Crassus]] in ''Imperium''.
** [[EvilFormerFriend Clodius]] in ''Lustrum'' and ''Dictator''.
** [[AmbitionIsEvil Caesar]] to varying degrees in all three books, but especially ''Dictator'' when he fights a war against the Senate.
** Cicero regards Antony as the BigBad in the second half of ''Dictator'', but it's really Octavian.
** Pompey is a subtler example, in that he's allied with Cicero and is not a bad guy, albeit he is extremely vain and pompous with [[ItsAllAboutMe a huge ego]]. Nevertheless, his endless demands for honors, privileges and special commands (sometimes nudged along by the threat of an AppealToForce) greatly undermine the Republic and pave the way for men like Caesar and Octavian to take over.
** [[AxCrazy Catilina]] and [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Crassus]] in ''Imperium''.
** [[EvilFormerFriend Clodius]] in ''Lustrum'' and ''Dictator''.
** [[AmbitionIsEvil Caesar]] to varying degrees in all three books, but especially ''Dictator'' when he fights a war against the Senate.
** Cicero regards Antony as the BigBad in the second half of ''Dictator'', but it's really Octavian.
** Pompey is a subtler example, in that he's allied with Cicero and is not a bad guy, albeit he is extremely vain and pompous with [[ItsAllAboutMe a huge ego]]. Nevertheless, his endless demands for honors, privileges and special commands (sometimes nudged along by the threat of an AppealToForce) greatly undermine the Republic and pave the way for men like Caesar and Octavian to take over.
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* BlingOfWar: In Roman triumphs, the victorious general typically parades all the wealth he plundered during the conflict. Pompey, Caesar and Lucullus all do it.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Crassus, for all his wealth, resents the military glory achieved by Pompey while his own biggest military success was defeating a slave revolt (slaves were not considered a WorthyOpponent by the Romans). It doesn't help that Pompey even claims the credit for that, as he technically ended the war by mopping up the last remnants of the slave army. It eventually leads to Crassus invading Parthia, where he is killed in battle.
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* AppealToForce:
** When Pompey returns to Italy after conquering in the east, he makes a point of disbanding his army at the earliest opportunity and enters Rome as a civilian. Nevertheless, he reminds the Senate that he could ''easily'' have just marched on Rome and seized power.
** Facing certain prosecution and the end of his political career if he gives up his army and imperium, Caesar decides to fight a civil war to defend his rights.
** When Pompey returns to Italy after conquering in the east, he makes a point of disbanding his army at the earliest opportunity and enters Rome as a civilian. Nevertheless, he reminds the Senate that he could ''easily'' have just marched on Rome and seized power.
** Facing certain prosecution and the end of his political career if he gives up his army and imperium, Caesar decides to fight a civil war to defend his rights.
