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Rose Mary Sheldon - Guarding the Caesars

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Guarding the Caesars

2023

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Chapter 2 Otho and Vitellius S. 25-42

„… were reasonable.13The job of the Praetorian Guard was to protect the emperor. They worked for him, and …” „… ; that is, the twelve cohorts of the Praetorian Guard and the four or five Urban Cohorts.22 He had no …” „… army and the Praetorian Guard complacent. Vitellius had always been distrustful of the Praetorian Guard …”

Chapter 1 The Year of the Four Emperors S. 1-24

„… behind them. If one got the approval of the Praetorian Guard first, what choice did the Senate have but …” „… of the Praetorian Guard. The Guard, therefore, had become so integrated into the workings of the …” „… field or with the support of the Praetorian Guard, and they could choose whomever they wanted …”

Chapter 10 The Murder of Domitian S. 201-222

„… .20For similar reasons, it could not have been the Praetorian Guard who fomented the rebellion. They …” „… motive of the real killer was regime change. Brunt believed the Praetorian Guard were not necessary for …” „… Praetorian Guards assigned to the palace. One wonders how he would have participated without his prefect’s …”

Chapter 11 Nerva and the Coup S. 223-242

„… the official version of events. Soldiers of the Praetorian Guard were upset, and measures were taken …” „… to handle the Praetorian Guard, maneuver the successor 226 Chapter 11 into place, and keep the …” „… adminis-trative career as praefectus annonae, prefect of Egypt, and finally prefect of the Praetorian Guard …”

Chapter 12 Guarding the Caesars S. 243-254

„… more consideration to the armed forces, the legions, and the Praetorian Guard alike than previous …” „… emperor was the Praetorian Guard. They are often accused of venality, largely because Tacitus harps on …” „… .11We can say with confidence that the Praetorian Guard, as a whole, was not involved in any of the …”

Chapter 3 Vespasian S. 43-70

„… Galba that Otho was able to suborn the noncommissioned officers in the Praetorian Guard so easily. One …” „… Praetorians; thus, a major reorganization was needed. One significant change made by Vespasian to the Guard …” „… size of the Praetorian Guard, but not out of fear. He reverted to the nine cohorts of five hundred men …”

Preface

„… nine thousand Praetorian Guard with that job, and still 75 percent of emperors ended up dead. Internal …” „… word for “usurper.”3Internal security was a problem Augustus understood well. His Praetorian Guard was …” „… Praetorian Guard was security. The term Preface xvii“security services” refers to the Praetorian Guard, the …”

Notes S. 255-360

„… for the Praetorian Guards, and 1,250 drachmas for service outside of Rome, a sum Plutarch says was …” „… Praetorian Guard, see Morgan (2006), 29.31. Or so Morgan (2006), 29.32. Greenhalgh (1975), 19.33. Morgan …” „… Praetorian Guard. For his fam-ily background, see Ottley (2010), 106–07, who shows that his real father had …”

Chapter 4 Threats to the New Regime and the Death of Vespasian S. 71-84

„… Praetorian Guard—the so-called autographed copy of the speech Caecina was preparing to deliver to the troops …” „… Praetorian Guard is dated.50Historians like Levick believe that the whole affair was just an example of …” „… , when the Senate was debating that very issue just as Claudius arrived, backed by the Praetorian Guard …”

Chapter 5 Titus S. 85-104

„… we do not know the exact date, he was given control of the Praetorian Guard—a force that was as …” „… anyone to have them all at once. To be made simultaneously consul, Princeps Iuventis, and Praetorian …” „… position from the point of view of security was his appointment as Praetorian prefect. At some point, and …”

Index S. 395-412

„… Praetorian Guard, 41reputation, xv, xxix, 85, 92–93, 105, 107, 119–121, 149–153security threats, xxviii …” „… , 262n93, 263n104, 264n139, 268n30, 337n91praetorian guard, xi–xii, xvi–xvii, xxv–xxvi, 2, 5, 9, 16, 26 …” „… Praetorian Guard, 54–55the Roman army, 52–54and Senate, 56–68and security, 71–75succession, 65–67, 112taking …”

Bibliography‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ S. 361-394

„… . (2013), The Praetorian Guard. A History of Rome’s Special Elite Forces. Waco, TX: Baylor University …” „… . Istituto Italiano per la Storia Antica.Powell, Geoffrey (1968), “The Praetorian Guard,” History Today …” „… ), Die Prätorianer: Kaisermacher, Kaisermörder. München: Langen Müller.Syme, Sir Ronald (1980). “Guard …”

Chapter 6 And Then There Was the Problem of Domitian . . . S. 105-122

„… Praetorian Guard. Until he had the tribunician authority, he could not And Then There Was the Problem of …” „… about whether the Senate would confirm him. With the Praetorian Guard behind him and the troops at his …” „… Antonius Primus and the Praetorian prefect Arrius Varus, were now superseded by Mucianus once he 110 …”

Chapter 8 Domitian in the Empire S. 155-170

„… battle standard of the Praetorian Guard.78The Princeps was forced to return to the front in person to …” „… Praetorian prefect, Cornelius Fuscus, hastened to the scene and, upon arrival, gained some initial success.74 …” „… , became Praetorian prefect in the 70s.When the false Nero emerged in 88, therefore, the temptation existed …”

Chapter 9 Domitian S. 171-200

„… Domitian took considerable pains to ensure that the Praetorian Guard was devotedly loyal to him.91 No …” „… with one legion, the VII Gemina, while Domitian came north from Rome with his Praetorian Guard.106 This …” „… his head of security, prefect of the Praetorian Guard. There were also rewards for the loyal legions …”

Chapter 7 Domitian S. 123-154

„… twenty can be attested, however, including politicians, generals, and the Praetorian prefects.15 It seems …” „… Praetorian prefect and imperial relative, L. Julius Ursus—were all replaced early in his reign. Each was …” „… palace, the harder it is to guard. Domitian was surrounded by his court, which included everything from …”

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S&F Sicherheit und Frieden

Browse Volumes: S&F Sicherheit und Frieden

S+F Volume 33 (2015) Issue 1 ISSN Online: 0175-274x

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Wolfgang Mühlberger Assessing the Impact: North African Militaries in the Arab Spring S. 7-14

„… to sideline the regular armed forces while erecting a praetorian guard with the sole purpose of …” „… sultanistic securitocracy Civilian domination; military opposition (coups); Praetorian Guard (PG) for …” „… unrest to a praetorian guard in order to ensure regime continuity. The deeply autocratic nature of the …”

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Gregory S. Aldrete, Graham Sumner - Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen

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Gregory S. Aldrete, Graham Sumner

Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen

2023

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Chapter Two. The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Ancient Epic S. 31-72

„… tribune in the Praetorian Guard. The dramatic sequence featuring the hero versus tigers is yet another …” „… , however, that both deeds were performed by the Praetorian Guard. Perhaps the most historically improbable …” „… how the Figure 2.2. Sinister Praetorians. Menacing Praetorian guardsmen are a staple of films set in …”

Preface

„… SINISTER PRAETORIANS 38Menacing Praetorian guardsmen are a staple of films set in ancient …” „… in “The Guard.”Graham Sumner would like to offer thanks to the following: First of all, his partner …” „… (2000), and (D) The Robe (1953). Costume makers’ predilection for portraying Praetorians in black is …”

Index S. 217-234

„… , 34–35, 110, 140Posca, 174, 178Powell, Robert, 128Praetorian(s): in black, 38, 39, 158; guards, 38, 39 …” „… , 97, 106, 108, 109forearm guards. See bracersForum, Roman, 28, 88, 94–95, 103, 105, 123, 140, 176, 179 …”

Chapter Five. The Twenty-First Century: The Ancient Epic Gets Revived and Updated for a New Millennium S. 149-206

„… forearm guards, which are not attested, and that the Roman cavalry have stirrups, which were not yet in …” „… costume designer Janty Yates, it was intended to have a Vietnam soldier look. The film’s Praetorians (see …” „… , and black shields. There is no evidence for Praetorians wearing black, but this reflects a …”

Chapter Four. The Late 1960s through the 1980s: Searching for a New Direction—Parody, Porn, Plays, and TV S. 109-148

„… twist, after the Praetorian Guard had murdered Caligula, they elevated Claudius to the emperorship …” „… plays Tiberius’s suavely ambitious Prefect of the Praetorian Guard, Sejanus.Critical reaction to the …” „… own guards produced by such utterances. Mocking pretentiousness and authority figures is a staple of …”

Chapter Three. The Early 1960s: The Ancient Epic Veers into Cliché and Hits an Indulgent Pinnacle S. 73-108

„… ranks, but this one is particularly bad in this regard. “Praetorians,” who were the em-peror’s personal …” „… guards rather than the chain mail shirts and other equipment (see Figure 1.5.C) that they probably would …” „… , Thracians, Armenians, Parthians, and Praeto-rians. The costume designers gave each group distinctive arms …”

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Norman Gelb

Herod the Great

2013

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Chapter Twelve: The Other Herodians S. 157-180

„… assassinated in a plotorganized by officers of Praetorian Guard, members of the Senate, andothers. They had …” „… wish to befulfilled. But Praetorian Guard commanders, who had been nibbling atthe fringes of political …” „… by Caligula’s assassi-nation, he had remarkably emerged as favored by the Praetorians to benext to …”

Index S. 203-208

„… , 185Nazarenes, 190 Praetorian Guard, 163Nero Caesar, 168, 173, 175, 176, 178 Ptolemais, 37, 73, 98Index …”

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Andreas M. Bock, Ingo Henneberg - Iran, die Bombe und das Streben nach Sicherheit

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Iran, die Bombe und das Streben nach Sicherheit

Series: Innovative Forschung - Theorien, Methoden, Konzepte

Volume 2 2014

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Witold Mucha A spring that would not come: Why the Green Movement did not blossom in Iran, 2009-2010 S. 295-316

„… , Roozbeh, and Farzan Sabet. 2010. The Ayatollah’s Praetorians: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and …” „… blossom in Iran, 2009-2010 305 conflict actors: the police, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC …” „… quickly became the major internal and external security force in the early Republic, over time the Guards …”

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