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The Last Praetorian
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All roads leads to Rome...
Augustus established the Praetorian Guard in 27 BC.
While Augustus understood the need to have a protector in the maelstrom of Rome, he was careful to uphold the Republican veneer of his regime. Thus he allowed only nine cohorts to be formed, originally of 500, then increased to 1,000 men each, and only three were kept on duty at any given time in the capital...
The Guard was dissolved by Emperor Constantine I in the 4th century.
For over 300 years they had served the Emperors of Rome, and the destruction of their fortress was a grand gesture, inaugurating a new age of imperial history and ending that of the Praetorians.
All roads leads to Rome...
Augustus established the Praetorian Guard in 27 BC.
While Augustus understood the need to have a protector in the maelstrom of Rome, he was careful to uphold the Republican veneer of his regime. Thus he allowed only nine cohorts to be formed, originally of 500, then increased to 1,000 men each, and only three were kept on duty at any given time in the capital...
The Guard was dissolved by Emperor Constantine I in the 4th century.
For over 300 years they had served the Emperors of Rome, and the destruction of their fortress was a grand gesture, inaugurating a new age of imperial history and ending that of the Praetorians.
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