The Praetorian Guard

ISBN: 9781845118846 出版年：2012 页码：268 Sandra Bingham Bloomsbury Publishing

Conceived as a personal army for the emperor, the elite Praetorian Guard sowide range of powers in Rome, and thus from the very beginnigreater impact on the city's life than just as an imperial bodyguard. The Praetorians were in fact inseparable from the whole machinery of state, in some casor breaking individual emperors. Sandra Bingha timely history of the Guard from its foundation by Augustus in 27 BCE to its disbandment by Constantine in covered include arms and insignia; the size, recruitment and command structure of the Guard; duration of service; the duties of individual soldiers and officers; and their families, daily lives and religion.