military unit
Cohortes praetoriae
the praetorian guard
also: praetorians
The emperor's household troops, stationed at Rome; their favour made and unmade princes in AD 69.
Reading notes
- The Annals §1.7 praetorian cohorts
The elite cohorts stationed at and near Rome, the emperor's guard.
- The Annals §3.14 a tribune of the praetorian cohort
The Praetorian Guard, the emperor's standing bodyguard at Rome, here providing the escort over Piso.
- The Annals §3.21 every tenth man... beaten to death with the rod
Decimation, the old and by now rare military punishment in which one soldier in ten of a disgraced unit was clubbed to death by his fellows.
- The Annals §3.21 the civic crown
The corona civica, a wreath of oak leaves, Rome's high honor for a soldier who saved a citizen's life in battle.
- The Histories §1.20 the praetorian guard
The emperor's household troops at Rome.
Mentioned in 2 works (29 mentions)
The Histories
- §1.20 the praetorian guard
- §1.31 praetorians
- §1.74 the praetorian guard
- §1.76 praetorians
- §1.77 praetorians
- §1.82 praetorians
- §1.83 the praetorian guard
- §1.89 the praetorian guard
- §2.101 praetorians
- §2.23 praetorians
- §2.36 praetorians
- §2.49 praetorians
- §2.86 praetorians
- §2.9 praetorians
- §2.96 praetorians
- §3.23 praetorians
- §3.24 praetorians
- §3.36 the praetorian guard
- §3.43 praetorians
- §4.48 the praetorian guard
- §4.71 praetorians