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@Joe

Yeah, The Byzantine Empire was just that. Tibby mentioned the Greeks as well because some historians mentioned the Greeks in the Empire more than the Romans, apparently. While some do the opposite. Just staying on the safe side. Then we have the Arabs and Jews. Well, Tibby has never read about any of their involvement within the empire (on very friendly terms) to a scale that effects some parts of the Empire. Which got Tibby thinking and recalled that it is said that an Arab Merchant warned Emperor Heraclius about the Muslims. Surely the presence of Arab merchants might have brought and sold clothing, food, etc of their own cultures, yush? That's kind of how Tibbeh thinks of Al-kharid (except some of the RL equivalents have their roles switched)

Regarding the Trojans, Tibbeh read about that before. The thing about the Aeneid (spelt right?). Revenge must've been sweet, huh?