Praetorian Guard

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Roman military unit elite military unit military unit

The Praetorian Guard was an elite unit of the Roman army that served as the personal bodyguard and powerful political enforcer for Roman emperors.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Praetorian Guard canonical	29
Praetorian Guard officers	2
Imperial bodyguard (excubitors)	1
Praetorian cohorts	1
Republican praetorian cohorts	1
members of the Praetorian Guard	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman military unit ⓘ elite military unit ⓘ military unit ⓘ
allegiance	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman emperor ⓘ
basedIn	Rome ⓘ surface form: city of Rome
commanderTitle	Praetorian Prefect ⓘ
commandStructure	under Praetorian Prefect ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
createdBy	Augustus ⓘ
disbandedBy	Constantinus Magnus ⓘ surface form: Constantine the Great
disbandedYear	312 ⓘ
engagedIn	Year of the Four Emperors ⓘ assassination of Caligula ⓘ proclamation of Claudius as emperor ⓘ support of various usurpers ⓘ
equipment	Roman gladius ⓘ body armor ⓘ pilum ⓘ scutum ⓘ
formationYear	27 BC ⓘ
garrison	Castra Praetoria ⓘ
garrisonLocation	Rome ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Dominate ⓘ Principate ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
notableFor	assassination of emperors ⓘ influence on Roman politics ⓘ kingmaking role in imperial elections ⓘ participation in coups ⓘ
partOf	Roman army ⓘ
predecessor	Praetorian Guard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Republican praetorian cohorts
privilege	higher pay than regular legionaries ⓘ shorter term of service ⓘ special donatives from emperors ⓘ
recruitment	initially recruited from Italian peninsula ⓘ later recruited from provinces ⓘ
religion	Roman religion ⓘ
role	act as reserve field army ⓘ imperial bodyguard ⓘ intervene in imperial succession ⓘ palace guard ⓘ political enforcer ⓘ protect Roman emperors ⓘ protect imperial family ⓘ protect imperial palace ⓘ suppress uprisings ⓘ
type	elite cavalry (later contingents) ⓘ heavy infantry ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caligula → associatedWith → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Roman army → hasComponent → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Praetorian Guard → predecessor → Praetorian Guard self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republican praetorian cohorts

Year of the Four Emperors → involvedMilitaryUnit → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Sejanus → associatedWith → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Justin I → militaryService → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial bodyguard (excubitors)

Year of the Five Emperors → opponent → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Parthian campaigns of Septimius Severus → involvedMilitaryUnit → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Assassination of Caracalla → hasParticipant → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Rise and fall of Elagabalus → hasKeyFigure → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Assassination of Severus Alexander → involves → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

vigiles (paramilitary fire and police units) → distinctFrom → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

subject surface form: vigiles

Roman military history → includesTopic → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Elagabalus → killedBy → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Publius Septimius Geta → killedBy → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Publius Septimius Geta → associatedWith → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Helvius Pertinax the Younger → associatedWith → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Castra Praetoria → usedBy → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Castra Praetoria → garrison → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Praetorian cohorts

Praetorian Prefect → partOf → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Otho → supportedBy → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Imperial court of Trajan → hasMember → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Praetorian Guard officers

Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius → proclaimedEmperorBy → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

annus quattuor imperatorum → involvedParty → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

subject surface form: Annus quattuor imperatorum

Lucius Seius Strabo → areaOfInfluence → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Lucius Seius Strabo → governed → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Imperial court of Nero → hasMember → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Praetorian Guard officers

Subrius Flavus → affiliation → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Faenius Rufus → memberOf → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus → killedBy → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

this entity surface form: members of the Praetorian Guard

Tigellinus → memberOf → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Rufrius Crispinus → militaryBranch → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Roman imperial court → associatedWith → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius → associatedWith → Praetorian Guard ⓘ

Pupienus → killedBy → Praetorian Guard ⓘ