page_title: Praetorian Guard
hierarchical_section_title: Praetorian Guard
caption_attribution_description: Soldato della Guardia Pretoriana del I sec.
context_page_description: The Praetorian Guard was a force of bodyguards used by Roman Emperors. The title was first used for the guards of generals in the Roman Republic. Their commander, the Praetorian Prefect, was often an important figure in the political planning in Rome. The Guard was stopped and disbanded by Emperor Constantine I in the fourth century AD.
context_section_description: The Praetorian Guard  was a force of bodyguards used by Roman Emperors. The title was first used for the guards of generals in the Roman Republic. Their commander, the Praetorian Prefect, was often an important figure in the political planning in Rome. The Guard was stopped and disbanded by Emperor Constantine I in the fourth century AD.
caption: In costume of a praetorian guard of the 1st century AD
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