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Unfortunately the historical record lacks the information to provide a meaningful analysis of many of those people behind the scenes. Only the nobles were writing books, and the emperors only kept the ones flattering them.

Most popular accounts of more behind the scenes actions extrapolate heavily from minimal information. We actually have very little idea how Roman soldiers of various eras fought for example, descriptions of battles rarely describe the individual soldiers actions during combat.

I'm sure Duncan would have liked to do more about the people, Revolutions often tries to describe the lives of the multiple different sides.