History ComicBook / LesAiglesDeRome

* PraetorianGuard: [[AncientRome Of course]]. They even find Marcus naked in bed with a senator's wife.

* EveryoneIsBi: Due to being Ancient Rome, where being attracted to both women and effeminate men was completely normal. Marcus and Arminius seem to be used to having threesomes with prostitutes.

* LoveFatherLoveSon: While in Rome, Marcus is a sexual partner for the high-class whore Morphea, but later falls in love with [[spoiler:Priscilla]], who turns out to be Morphea's daughter.

* ForeignFanservice: What the beautiful, blonde Albinia is in Rome: even Augustus calls her beautiful. Morphea [[AmbiguouslyBrown most likely has Eastern origins.]]

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: None of the deaths in the series are family-friendly.
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Most often resulting in FamilyUnfriendlyDeath.

** The conclusive stage of the Battle of Teutoberg Forest, which occurred in a large swamp now known as Kalkriese Hill, is depicted as follows: [[spoiler:Varus and his officers lead their battered army away from the forest swarming with Germans and into the Great Swamp. On their way there, Legatus Vala attempts to flee back across the Rhine on his own accord, but is intercepted and killed. The Romans enter the Great Swamp only to find themselves trapped by Arminius' army behind a long wooden wall, and Prefect Eggius is forced to take command of the Romans when Varus is too traumatized to do so. Prefect Ceionius then surrenders and is captured the Germans storm the field and slaughter the defiant Romans

** The conclusive stage of the Battle of Teutoberg Forest, which occurred in a large swamp now known as Kalkriese Hill, is depicted as a dramatic melee where the Germans charged at the Romans from their walls and slaughtered the latter in a single clash.

* DeathByChildbirth: Marcus and Arminius have their first sexual experience together, with the same slave girl. One of them impregnates her and it doesn't end well for her.

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Marcus's mother, whom he was very close to, dies early in book 1.
* DefiantToTheEnd: A recurring trope in the series given [[JustifiedTrope its emphasis on military life and history]], but some examples are easily more prominent than others.

* CelebCrush: At a Roman camp in Germania around 9CE, one of the German recruits talks about how much he'd like to meet "that beautiful Egyptian queen", UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII. Someone with more knowledge of recent history has to tell him that she's been dead for more than half a century.

** At the end of book 5, [[spoiler: Priscilla is raped by a group of warriors and decapitated with what looks like bare hands.]]
** Vala, the Roman second-in-command in the Rhine camps, [[spoiler: is cut in two along with his escort and horses and their various body parts are hung in a sacred tree.]]

* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Vala, the Roman second-in-command, as part of his CruelAndUnusualDeath.

* DeathByGenreSavviness: [[spoiler: Vala understands that his troops are doomed and tries to run away through the woods. Doing so, he isolates himself and is killed by German warriors.]]

* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Marcus survives the Battle of Teutoburg Forest and his romantic rival Lepidus is taken out, but Priscilla is raped and decapitated while his son Titus is enslaved by the Germans.]]

* AncientRome: Set during the reign of Emperor Augustus, the city of Rome itself is only actually half of the setting. The other half of the stage is the wild frontiers of Germania.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: To become the legitimate chief on his people, Ermanamer has to prove himself by defeating another German chieftain.

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: By Book 4, Ermanamer has [[spoiler: married Thusnelda and become the official leader of the German resistance against Rome after defeating another chief]].

* BadassBoast: Almost every single named character, especially the males, gets to deliver at least one. Cabar gives one of the most memorable in the series after fighting off a band of Managarms ("moon wolves"), German bandits dressed only in wolf-skins.
-->'''Cabar:''' As a child I used to hunt lions. A pack of wolves doesn't scare me.\\
* BadassGay: Titus Valerius Falco, "the Butcher of Dalmatia", has a male lover. [[ValuesDissonance This was completely normal in ancient Rome]], as long as they were younger, more effeminate, and bottomed.
* BarbarianLonghair: All of the Germans have it. Arminius keeps it cut above his shoulders though, which is probably necessary for his position in the army.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Marcus's.

* BloodBrothers: Arminius and Marcus become this in their teenage years, after Marcus saved Arminius's life by killing a bear. [[spoiler: This oath is broken by Arminius in Book 2, but the memory of their friendship remains strong.]]

* AFatherToHisMen: Arminius, Marcus, and Prefect Eggius. As in RealLife, the last is the only one of Varus' officers who actually attempts to lead his troops competently during the Battle of Teutoberg Forest. [[spoiler:In this universe, he is slain by Segestes during the Romans' LastStand at the Great Swamp]].

* AlphaBitch: Morphea, "the most beautiful whore in Rome", is petty enough that she will swear terrible revenge on anyone who fails to attend her orgies.
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: While Priscilla is completely upset at the idea that Marcus would even come to ask for her hand unexpected, he is just drunkenly following Arminius's advice to abduct her like his people do. In Book 3, he eventually abducts the very consenting Thamis from her chieftain husband Loknar.

** Priscilla Priscus is married to Quintus Aemilius Lepidus, the grandson of one of Augustus' disgraced rivals, as part of a bid by the latter to regain his family's power in Rome.

* BadassBoast: Ermanamer/Arminius is very good at those.

* ActionDad: What Titus Valerius Falco, Marcus's father, used to be, before he took an arrow to the thigh that prevents him from even walking without a stick.

* AttemptedRape: Very effectively done so on [[spoiler: Marcus]] by [[spoiler: Morphea]], but to make it clearer to the viewer, one of the henchmen tries to get himself some of the pie afterwards. He is stopped in time.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Ermanamer is the legitimate chief on his people, but has to prove himself by defeating another warrior chief. And does, of course. Marcus, who has messed up the start of his cursus honorum, has to rise in the army on asskicking skill alone.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: By book 4, Ermanamer has [[spoiler: married Thusnelda and become the official leader of the german peoples against Rome after defeating another chief]].
* BadassBeard: Most German warriors wear one. So does Ermanamer, but, mixed with his Roman upbringing, it's very well-trimmed.

* BadassGay: Titus Valerius Falco, "the Butcher of the Parthians", has a male lover. (Let's not forget that having male lovers was completely normal in Ancient Rome, as long as they were younger, more effeminate, and bottomed.)

* TheAce: Arminius is a brilliant fighter, as much with the Romans as with the Germans. He knows it's his military education in Rome paying off.

* AerithAndBob: Voluntarily averted. All barbarians brought to Rome are given Roman names. Thus, Ermanamer became Arminius, and it's strongly implied that Albinia is not the original name of Marcus' mother too.

* AlphaBitch: Morphea, "the most beautiful whore in Rome", has this type of character.
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: While Priscilla is completely upset at the idea that Marcus would even come to ask for her hand unexpected, he is just following Arminius's advice to abduct her like his people do. In book 3, he eventually abducts the very consenting Thusnelda.
* AltarDiplomacy: Albinia, Marcus's mother, is a German princess who was married off to his father to consolidate the peace between Rome and her people.

* ArrangedMarriage: Marcus is betrothed to Silvia, the daughter of a patrician. She loves him, but he hates her for not being Priscilla.

* AerithAndBob: Voluntarily averted. All barbarians brought to Rome are given Roman names. Thus, Ermanamer became Arminius, and we can guess that Albinia is not Marcus's german mother's birth name.

* BarbarianLonghair: All Germans have it. Arminius keeps it cut above his shoulders though, which is probably necessary for his position in the army.

* BigGuy: Germans in general. They call Romans "an army of dwarfs".

* BloodBrothers: Arminius and Marcus become this in their teenage years, after Marcus saved Arminius's life by killing a bear. [[spoiler: This oath is broken by Arminius in book 2, but the memory of their friendship remains strong.]]

* BrilliantButLazy: How Marcus's father views him in book 2.

* AFatherToHisMen: Arminius, Marcus, and Prefect Eggius. As in RealLife, the last is the only one of Varus' officers who actually attempts to lead his troops competently during the Battle of Teutoberg Forest. [[spoiler:In this universe, he is slain by a Segestes during the Romans' LastStand at the Great Swamp]].

* AssholeVictim: By the end of book five, [[spoiler: Lepidus is killed by Germans as he was about to kill his wife and her son, and Varus had to kill himself after his defeat to avoid being taken alive.]]

* BigBadassBattleSequence: None more than the swamp battle in book 5.

''Les Aigles de Rome'' (The Eagles of Rome) is a French comic book series by Enrico Marini taking place in the early first century, and is mostly about the origins and happening of the battle of Teutoburg Forest through the eyes of two men, one on each side of the Rhine, though they are friends.

After the Romans defeated and made the tribes of Germania swear allegiance, these have to provide them with hostages to show their good will. Ermanamer, son of the chief of the Cherusci, is brought to Rome. At the same time, in Italia, Marcus Valerius Falco, the son of a glorious veteran, is brought to the capital by his father, who is to meet with [[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} the Emperor]]. The man is charged with Ermanamer, renamed Arminius, in order to make him a true roman along with his own son. Through a long and very hard training, the two young men bound over their life as almost brothers. But Ermanamer has his own calling on the other side of the Rhine...

* AncestralWeapon: Marcus receives an ornate gladius that belonged to his grandfather at the end of book 2, before he leaves for Germania.

* [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped a Bridge on Her]]: Marcus's mother dies suddenly and for no visible reason. We just know that Lucilla, her step-daughter, prayed for her death (though she hoped for something more painful).

* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Blood Knights Have Standards]]: Ermanamer [[spoiler: mercilessly lets his men rape and murder Priscilla, but makes sure to save her (and Marcus's) son.]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: By the time of the battle of Teutoburg Wood, Marcus and Ermanamer are in their mid-twenties, but look about ten years older.

* Bookworm: In his younger years, Marcus is considered one because he is fond of poetry. This displeases his father, who sees this interest in literature as [[ARealManIsAKiller effeminate]].

* MommasBoy: Marcus. Arminius even calls him so.

* HyperCompetantSidekick: Arminius to Varus. Obviously, he's a DragonWithAnAgenda.

* Main/Ephebophile: Marcus and Arminius's trainer is an old gladiator with a thing for very young men, though Marcus said that if he ever approached him too close, he'd cut off his cupidus. Marcus's father also has a young man for a favorite, and Varus beds his squire.

* Seer: One predicted to a child Ermanamer that he would lead his people to push the Romans out of their land.

* BlondeBrunettedRedhead: The three main men in the series: Arminius is the blond, Marcus is the brunet and Lepidus is the redhead. See also: Thusnelda the blonde, Priscilla the brunette and Thamis the redhead.

* DeathByGenreSavvyness: [[spoiler: Vala understands that his troops are doomed and tries to run away through the woods. Doing so, he isolates himself and is killed by German warriors.]]

* FlirtingStepsiblings: Arminius was brought up in the same house as Lucilla and has an affair with her.

* GratuitiousRape: Because it would be a shame not to abuse a woman when there's one around, especially after a good battle.

* AMinorKidtroduction: Ermanamer is shown in the first pages around five years before the story itself starts.

Les Aigles de Rome (The Eagles of Rome) is a French comic book series by Enrico Marini taking place in the early first century, and is mostly about the origins and happening of the battle of Teutoburg Forest through the eyes of two men, one on each side of the Rhine, though they are friends.

* BadassPrincess: Thusnelda is the daughter of Chief Segestes, and a fierce woman who commands men around her with ease.

After the Romans defeated and made the tribes of Germania swear allegiance, these have to provide them with hostages to show their good will. Ermanamer, son of the chief of the Cherusci, is brought to Rome. At the same time, in Italia, Marcus Valerius Falco, the son of a glorious veteran, is brought to the capital by his father, who is to meet with [[UsefulNotes/Augustus the Emperor]]. The man is charged with Ermanamer, renamed Arminius, in order to make him a true roman along with his own son. Through a long and very hard training, the two young men bound over their life as almost brothers. But Ermanamer has his own calling on the other side of the Rhine...