Kingbreakers: The Praetorian Guard
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The story of Rome through the eyes of the infamous Praetorian Guard, feared bodyguards who wielded the power and leverage to make – or break – the Emperors they swore to protect.
SOURCES:
Strauss, Barry. Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine. 2019
De La Bodeyere, Guy. Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome’s Imperial Bodyguard. 2017
Rankov, Boris. The Praetorian Guard. 1994
Bingham, Sandra. The Praetorian Guard. 2012
Beard, Mary. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. 2015
Beard, Mary. The Roman Triumph. 2007.
Suetonius. Lives of the Caesars. AD 121
Dando-Collins, Stephen. Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome. 2019.
Tacitus, Cornelius. The Complete Works. 1994.
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The story of Rome through the eyes of the infamous Praetorian Guard, feared bodyguards who wielded the power and leverage to make – or break – the Emperors they swore to protect.
SOURCES:
Strauss, Barry. Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine. 2019
De La Bodeyere, Guy. Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome’s Imperial Bodyguard. 2017
Rankov, Boris. The Praetorian Guard. 1994
Bingham, Sandra. The Praetorian Guard. 2012
Beard, Mary. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. 2015
Beard, Mary. The Roman Triumph. 2007.
Suetonius. Lives of the Caesars. AD 121
Dando-Collins, Stephen. Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome. 2019.
Tacitus, Cornelius. The Complete Works. 1994.
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