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200 14$aThe Praetorian Guard $ea history of Rome's elite special forces /$fSandra Bingham
210  1$aLondon :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2013.
215   $a1 online resource (268 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-84511-884-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aHistory -- Organization -- Duties.
330   $aFrom 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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