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UNINA9910462473903321 |
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Bingham Sandra |
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The Praetorian Guard : a history of Rome's elite special forces / / Sandra Bingham |
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London : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2013 |
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0-85773-286-2 |
0-85772-163-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Praetorian Guard - History |
Special forces (Military science) - Rome - History |
Electronic books. |
Rome Army History |
Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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History -- Organization -- Duties. |
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From the Immortals, the personal bodyguard of the Persian Achaemenid kings; the death-or-glory Companions, Alexander the Great's glorious cavalry corps; to Napoleon's Imperial Guards, flower of the French army, select martial cohorts are perennially fascinating. And perhaps no special force commands the romance, the mystique or the enduring appeal of ancient Rome's throroughbred protection and counter-insurgency squadron: the renowned Praetorian Guard. This elite military unit existed for over 300 years. Conceived as a personal army for the emperor, the Guard soon took over a wide range of pow |
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Record Nr. |
UNINA9910713414603321 |
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Annual emissions and fuel consumption for an "average" passenger car / / United States Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Office of Mobile Sources |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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[Washington, DC] : , : United States Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Office of Mobile Sources, , 1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (2 pages) |
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Motor vehicles - United States - Fuel consumption |
Automobiles - Motors - Exhaust gas - United States |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"April 1998." |
"EPA420-F-98-012." |
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