A draft list of main characters in S. M. Stirling’s not-yet-published novel To Turn the Tide.
A draft list of main characters in S. M. Stirling’s not-yet-published novel To Turn the Tide.
| Name | Age in 165 | Height | Other details |
| Arthur Vandenberg | ~32 | 6ft | West Point graduate, briefly US Army Captain, PhD Ancient History |
| Mark Findlemann | ~25 | 6ft | Jewish-American, clever, absent-minded, unfit |
| Jeremey McCladden | ~25 | ~5ft 9 | American from Wisconsin, fit |
| Filipa Chang | ~25 | ~5ft 5 | Korean-American from San Francisco, fit, lesbian |
| Paula Atkins | ~25 | ~5ft 5 | African-American, unfit |
| Josephus ben Matthias Lucius Maecius Josephus |
30 | 5ft 5 | Jewish-Syrian, born in Antioch |
| Deineira | Wife of Josephus | ||
| Matthias | 10 | Son of Josephus | |
| Simonides | 17 | 5ft 5 | Nephew of Josephus |
| Sarukê dhugatêr Arsaliôn | 27/28 | 5ft 9 | Sarmatian freedwoman, bodyguard |
| Sextus Hirrius Trogus | ~46 | 5ft 8 | Indebted landowner |
| Julia | ~25 | Widowed sister of Sextus | |
| Claudia | ~59 | Mother of Sextus and Julia | |
| ? | 9 | Daughter of Julia |