Kingbreakers: The Praetorian Guard
Conflicted: A History Podcast
The Pretorian Guard and the Roman Empire
Cassius corea was an old school idealist. He didn't want to become emperor, nor did he want to crown any one else. The senate and the pretorian guard were in a fierce debate over the future of the roman empire. Cassius corea asked to be killed with the sword he used to kill caligula. Hed spent days sharpening it before the assassination; he even gets one little sardonic barb at his execution.
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