Kingbreakers: The Praetorian Guard
Conflicted: A History Podcast
After Caligula - Roman Politics and the Pretorian Guard
After caligula, the pretorian guard would continue to play a hugely significant role in roman politics until the twilight era of the empire. They would go on to undermine, replace, kill and hand pick emperors several times over the next few centuries. But all bad things must come to an end - around 250 years after Caligula's death, they again get involved in the emperor's selection process. In three 12 a d at what became known as the battle of the milvian bridge, the Pretorians are destroyed along with the would be emperor they were supporting. The man who won that battle, the future emperor constantine, disban ed thepretorian guard as an
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