PRAETORIANS

prētôrˈēənz, bodyguard of the ancient Roman emperors. Growing out of an early troop that served as bodyguard to the general commanding in Rome, they were formally organized in the time of Augustus. The number of cohorts (from 500 to 1,000 men each) forming the guard varied, but in the days of the later empire it was 10. The Praetorians under a prefect attended the emperor wherever he went. They had special privileges and, in the period when the empire declined, held almost unchallenged authority. Constantine I disbanded them in 312.

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books on: Praetorians  - 366 results

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Riding for Caesar: The Roman Emperors' Horse Guards
Book by Michael P. Speidel; Batsford, 1994
...the Republic, kept the horse guard. Praetorians and horsemen, the two branches of his...on coins. The horse guard, like the praetorians, answered both these needs: as guards...true for the Roman army, in that the praetorians and the horse guard together constituted...
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The Marriage of Roman Soldiers (13 B.C.-A.D. 235): Law and Family in the Imperial Army
Book by Sara Elise Phang; Brill, 2001
Subjects: Marriage (Roman Law), Soldiers--Rome--Family Relationships--History
...will be seen in Chapter Three, the Praetorians and the fleet veterans were given conubium...As will be seen in Chapter Six, the Praetorians and the fleet soldiers marriage patterns...in epitaphs, are pecu- liar : the Praetorians very seldom have wives before the...
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Agrippina: Mother of Nero
Book by Anthony A. Barrett; Batsford, 1996
Subjects: Agrippina--Minor--15-59, Empresses--Rome--Biography, Nero--Emperor Of Rome--37-68, Rome--History--The Five Julii, 30 B.C.-68 A.D
...pensions for retired soldiers. The elite of the army were the praetorians, essentially the emperors personal guard, stationed in Rome...his brother Claudius, said to have been the choice of the praetorians as emperor precisely because of his kinship with Germanicus...
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Agrippina: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Early Empire
Book by Anthony A. Barrett; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Agrippina--Minor--15-59, Empresses--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--The Five Julii, 30 B.C.-68 A.D
...pensions for retired soldiers. The elite of the army were the praetorians, essentially the emperors personal guard, stationed in Rome...his brother Claudius, said to have been the choice of the praetorians as emperor precisely because of his kinship with Germanicus...
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Aspects of Roman History, AD 14-117
Book by Richard Alston; Routledge, 1998
...Drusus, Aelius Sejanus joint prefect of the praetorians and a detachment of praetorians to Pannonia. A sudden and mysterious diminishing...port of Brundisium carrying the ashes. The praetorians met her at the port. They carried the ashes...
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journal articles on: Praetorians  - 8 results

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Prophets or Praetorians? the Uptonian Paradox and the Powell Corollary
Journal article by Robert M. Cassidy; Parameters, Vol. 33, 2003
Prophets or Praetorians? the Uptonian Paradox and the Powell Corollary. by Robert M. Cassidy "A military philosophy grows from the minds and...
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69 A.D.: The Year of Four Emperors
Journal article by Antonio Santosuosso; The Historian, Vol. 70, 2008
Subjects: 69 A.D.: The Year of Four Emperors (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...seemed to emerge as the toothless tool of strong men, the praetorians became the real arbiters of the throne, and a new social...past. Nor is it accurate, Morgan argues, to say that the praetorians in particular and the army in general became the arbiters...
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Power, Honour and Shame: The Ideology of Royal Slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate
Journal article by Sean Stilwell; Africa, Vol. 70, 2000
Subjects: Civil war--Nigeria, Honor--Social aspects, Slaves--History, Sokoto, Nigeria--History
...Slavery and Social Death: a comparative study. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. Petry, Carl F. 1994. Protectors or Praetorians: the last Mamluk sultans and Egypts waning as a great power. Albany NY: State University of New York Press. Philipp, Thomas...
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Enforcing the Pax Americana on the Frontiers of Empire: Three Reforms for the Twenty-First Century
Journal article by Jonathan Fox; Journal of Power and Ethics, Vol. 2, 2001
Subjects: International relations--Military aspects, Military policy--United States, National security--Management, Peacekeeping forces--Management
...motivated and grateful immigrants. Finally, to be realistic, we avoid the rise of a new class of military consuls and praetorians by keeping them based outside the United States and under the firm but fair control of American officers. No element of the...
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Retracing the Past to the Cradle of Croatian History
Journal article by Ivo Rendic-Miocevic; East European Quarterly, Vol. 36, 2002
Subjects: Croatia--History, Ethnic relations--History, Ethnicity--Croatia, Social groups--History
...Croatia certainly has its origin in the military cohorts such as that of Borna (from the first half of the 9th century). These "Praetorians," who arose out of the violence-based structure, became over a period of time "managers." (26) Aided and abetted by the latter...
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The Other Kiss
Magazine article by Alexander Cockburn; The Nation, Vol. 271, September 4, 2000
Subjects: Bush, George W.--Political activity, Command of troops--Political aspects, Defense spending--Political aspects, Gore, Albert, Jr.--Political activity, United States--Political aspects
...well established. Stage One: senior Praetorians and associated intellectual prostitutes...invited to fill." Then Gaffney relayed the Praetorians reserve price on the imperial throne...Association of the US Army, confirmed the Praetorians floor demand: "We must prepare for the...
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Domitian and the Dynamics of Terror in Classical Rome
Magazine article by Peter Wiseman; History Today, Vol. 46, September 1996
Subjects: Despotism--Analysis, Domitian, Emperor of Rome--Evaluation, Roman emperors--Political activity, Roman law--Social aspects, Rome (Ancient)--Politics and government
...what was not. Get it wrong, and the Praetorians could drag you away in chains, or supervise...the first military coup detat by the Praetorians; AD 68, the first successful bid for...Ronald Syme put it, he had heard the Praetorians baying for blood along the Roman streets...
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Providing Protective Services: A Practical Guide for Police and Security, Second Edition
Magazine article by Mark H. Beaudry; Security Management, Vol. 46, November 2002
...client. Four chapters stand out from the rest of the work. In one, King traces the history of body- guarding, from the Praetorians in ancient Rome to the Japanese samurai, and from the private bands of soldiers who guarded prominent men in medieval Gaul...
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Not Fanatics, and Not Friends
Magazine article by Edward G. Shirley; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 272, December 1993
Subjects: Iran, Iranian foreign relations--United States, Islam and politics--Iran, Islam--Iran, United States, United States foreign relations--Iran
...daily economic life becomes in the Islamic Republic, the more the memories of war will work against the clerics and their praetorians, the Revolutionary Guard, who enthusiastically backed Khomeinis war a outrage. Few Iranians will care to remember that Rafsanjani...
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Russia's Spiraling Nightmare
Magazine article by James A. Nathan; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 126, March 1998
Subjects: Russia--Social aspects
...pollution, and rust. Most soldiers see their weapons as a source of barter or an instrument of crime. The ragtag collection of praetorians who still can be mustered, often as not, now serve those quasi or wholly criminal regional bosses who keep them fed. Obvious...
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newspaper articles on: Praetorians  - 9 results

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Professionals, Not Praetorians; A Study of the Secret Service's Contradictions
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 26, 2002
Professionals, not Praetorians; A study of the Secret Services contradictions Byline: Roger Fontaine, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Years ago, when...
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Magners OK for Italians
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 20, 2009
Subjects: Benetton Group S.p.A., Clothing industry
...Italians. ITALIAN teams Aironi and Praetorians Roma will compete in the Magners League...town of Viadana, and capital city team Praetorians have now been given the green light...increase in size from 10 to 12 teams. Praetorians will be based in Rome and play at the...
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It's Magners Go-Ahead for Italian Sides
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), July 20, 2009
Subjects: Benetton Group S.p.A., Clothing industry
...Sides. ITALIAN teams Aironi and Praetorians Roma will compete in the Magners League...town of Viadana, and capital city team Praetorians, have now been given the green light...increase in size from 10 to 12 teams. Praetorians will be based in Rome and play at the...
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I Did This for Owen ... When I Saw Him I Was Lost for Words
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), November 27, 2007
...Billingham boys cause, Dave, a member of Billingham biker club The Praetorians, auctioned off his ponytail and a three inch grisly beard...winter!" And Owen could receive another treat as Dave and The Praetorians are planning to take him on a bike ride, though no date has...
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The Bigger Chill
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 15, 2005
...association." It must be remembered that in the Spanish civil war and in the Indonesian tumult, it was the falangists and the praetorians who emerged the victors. Undoubtedly, stability was maintained through repression, although repression in some countries...
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encyclopedia articles on: Praetorians  - 4 results

 
 
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Praetorians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PRAETORIANS pretor e nz, bodyguard of the ancient Roman emperors. Growing out of an early troop that served as bodyguard to the...of cohorts (from 500 to 1,000 men each) forming the guard varied, but in the days of the later empire it was 10. The Praetorians under a prefect attended the emperor wherever he went. They had special privileges and, in the period when the empire...
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Prefect
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...were very important. The Praetorian prefects (first appointed 2 b.c.) usually numbered two; they commanded the powerful Praetorians . From the 2d cent. a.d. they had juridical functions, and important legists (e.g., Papinian and Ulpian) held the post. The...
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Claudius I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...who had been of little importance, hiding in abject terror behind a curtain in the palace. They hauled him forth, and the Praetorians proclaimed him emperor. This act offended the senators, who never forgave Claudius. It also made him favor the army. He annexed...
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Rome , City, Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The Empire Declines With Commodus (180 192) the decline of the empire is usually said to have begun. The age of the Praetorians was then at hand, when the rise and fall of emperors was determined by this elite corps of soldiers. Septimius Severus...


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