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7	[[quoteright:262:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/constant.png]]
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9	''The Emperor Constantine: A chronicle'' is a play by Creator/DorothyLSayers about the life of the Emperor Constantine.
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12	!!Tropes
13	%%* TheChainsOfCommanding: Fausta objects
14	%%* ChildMarriageVeto: Carefully checked for
15	%%* ClingyJealousGirl: Fausta
16	%%* ColorCodedPatrician: Purple, of course.
17	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Helena
18	%%* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Coel
19	%%* DrivenToSuicide: Maximian
20	* ExactWords: Constantine likes his dream because it was a clear promise of victory.
21	%%* {{Forgiveness}}: Discussed and played straight
22	%%* HistoricalDomainCharacter
23	%%* {{Hypocrite}}: Bassiana Marcia
24	%%* MeaningfulName: Anastasia
25	* MotherGoose: King Coel was the origin of "Old King Cole"; she used that fact.
26	%%* NewOldFlame: Downplayed
27	* NiceToTheWaiter: Or rather, not. A slave is substituted for Constantine when an assassination attempt is expected
28	%%* ObfuscatingStupidity: Helena
29	%%* OfferedTheCrown: Constantine
30	* OffingTheOffspring: Constantine is tricked into this by his second wife.
31	* OverlyLongName: Constantine's father has one, in the opinion of Helena's servant
32	* RoyalBlood: Helena is the daughter of King Coel
33	* SacredHospitality: Maximian praises Helena's
34	* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Fausta brought her sewing to her first meeting with Helena.
35	* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Maximian presents his proposed marriage between Constantine and Fausta in this light.
36	%%* WickedStepmother: See OffingTheOffspring

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