A list of main characters in S. M. Stirling’s novel To Turn the Tide, in order of appearance. If a character is named before appearing, the naming is considered an appearance. Real historical characters are highlighted.
A list of main characters in S. M. Stirling’s novel To Turn the Tide, in order of appearance. If a character is named before appearing, the naming is considered an appearance. Real historical characters are highlighted.
| Name | Age in July 165 |
Approx. height |
Other details |
| Arthur Vandenberg/ Lucius Triarius Artorius |
~32 | 6ft | West Point graduate, briefly US Army Captain, PhD Ancient History |
| Hans Fuchs | ~65? | Austrian physicist | |
| Filipa Chang | ~25 | 5ft 5 | Korean-American from San Francisco, fit, lesbian |
| Mark Findlemann | ~25 | 6ft | Jewish-American, clever, absent-minded, unfit |
| Paula Atkins | ~25 | 5ft 5 | African-American, unfit |
| Jeremey McCladden | ~25 | 5ft 9 | American from Wisconsin, fit |
| Josephus ben Matthias/ Lucius Maecius Josephus |
30 | 5ft 5 | Jewish-Syrian, born in Antioch |
| Simonides | 17 | 5ft 5 | Nephew of Josephus |
| Sarukê dhugatêr Arsaliôn | 27/28 | 5ft 9 | Sarmatian freedwoman, bodyguard |
| Marcus Aurelius Antoninus | 44 | 5ft 10 | Roman Emperor |
| Ballomar | ~25 | Leader of the Marcomanni | |
| Deineira | Wife of Josephus | ||
| Sextus Hirrius Trogus | ~45 | 5ft 8 | Initially indebted landowner |
| Julia | 25 | Widowed sister of Sextus | |
| Claudia | ~59 | Mother of Sextus and Julia | |
| Claudia | 9 | Daughter of Julia | |
| Matthias | 10 | Son of Josephus | |
| Lucius Sextius Caelius | First Spear of the Tenth Legion | ||
| Sextius Lollius Tiberianus | 44 | Legate commanding the Tenth Legion | |
| Sextus Cornelius Repentinus | Praetorian Prefect | ||
| Marcus Iallius Bassus | ~44 | Governor of Pannonia Superior | |
| Marcus Claudius Fronto | 38 | Legate | |
| Aelius Galenus | 35 | Physician and philosopher | |
| Nonus Helvidius Drusus | Danube Fleet Prefect |