Examples of Praetorian Guard in the following topics:
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- He granted
bonuses to the military, including the Praetorian Guard, city troops, and the
army outside of Italy.
- In 41 CE, Caligula was assassinated as part of a
conspiracy by officers of the Praetorian Guard, senators, and courtiers.
- As a
result, Claudius was declared Emperor by the Praetorian Guard after Caligula’s
assassination due to his position as the last man in the Julio-Claudian line.
- Nonetheless, his appointment as emperor by the Praetorian Guard caused
damage to his reputation, and this was amplified when Claudius became the first
emperor to resort to bribery as a means to secure army loyalty.
- Claudius also
rewarded the Praetorian Guard that had named him emperor with 15,000 sesterces.
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- Gaius
Calpurnius Piso, a Roman statesman, organized the conspiracy against Nero with
the help of Subrius Flavus, a tribune, and Sulpicius Asper, a centurion of the
Praetorian Guard in order to restore the Republic and wrest power from the
emperor.
- Galba executed many senators and equites without trial in a paranoid
attempt to consolidate his power, which unsettled many, including the
Praetorian Guard.
- Otho bribed the Praetorian Guard to support him
and embarked upon a coup d’etat, during which Galba was killed by the
Praetorians.
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- Titus, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, and Marcus had no need of praetorian cohorts, or of countless legions to guard them, but were defended by their own good lives, the good-will of their subjects, and the attachment of the senate.
- In 96 CE, Domitian was assassinated in a palace conspiracy involving members of the Praetorian Guard and several of his freedmen.
- A revolt by the Praetorian Guard in October 97 essentially forced him to adopt an heir.
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- Their commander Cornelius Fuscus was killed, and the battle standard of the Praetorian Guard lost.
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- Certain political
and quasi-political positions were filled by members of the equestrian order,
including tax farming and leadership of the Praetorian Guard.
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- The Tetrarch was himself often in the field, while delegating most of the administration to the hierarchic bureaucracy headed by his respective Praetorian Prefect.
- The Praetorian Prefect was the title of a high office in the Roman Empire, originating as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, the office gradually acquired extensive legal and administrative functions, with its holders becoming the Emperor's chief aides.
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- The precise involvement of the Praetorian Guard is less clear.
- At the time the Guard was commanded by Titus Flavius Norbanus and Titus Petronius Secundus and the latter was almost certainly aware of the plot.
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- Terms of peace, including a voluntary abdication, were agreed upon with Titus Flavius Sabinus II, but the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard—the imperial bodyguard—considered such a resignation disgraceful, and prevented Vitellius from carrying out the treaty.
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- During this time, Augustus reformed the Roman system of taxation,
developed networks of roads with an official courier system, established a
standing army, established the Praetorian Guard, created official police and
fire-fighting services for Rome, and rebuilt much of the city during his reign.
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- In 330, he founded Constantinople as a second Rome on the site of Byzantium, which was well-positioned astride the trade routes between East and West; it was a superb base from which to guard the Danube river, and was reasonably close to the Eastern frontiers.
- To divide administrative responsibilities, Constantine replaced the single praetorian prefect, who had traditionally exercised both military and civil functions, with regional prefects enjoying civil authority alone.