Praetorian Guard
The Praetorian Guard, (GAME: "In the Roman camp" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedep":"In the Roman camp","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"}) also known as the Praetorian Guardsmen, Praetorian guardsmen, (GAME: "Shadows in the Night" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedep":"Shadows in the Night","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"}) or Praetorian Guards, (GAME: "Non-Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedep":"Non-Player Characters","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"}) were an "elite" body of guards meant to guard the Emperor of Rome from harm. (GAME: "Player's Handout" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedpart":"Player's Handout","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"}) They were led by the Praetorian Prefect and divided between several cohorts which could have their own commanders. (GAME: "Non-Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedep":"Non-Player Characters","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"})
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Marcus Cornelius Falco's father was killed as a supporter of the Praetorian Prefect Sejandus in the midst of Imperial power struggles while Marcus was just a boy. (GAME: "Non-Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedpart":"Non-Player Characters","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"})
In 41 AD, the Praetorian Guard assassinated the mad Emperor Caligula and proclaimed Claudius as his successor. (GAME: "Roman Emperors, First Century" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedpart":"Roman Emperors, First Century","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"})
In 43 AD, during Claudius's involvement in the Roman conquest of Britain, Lucius Geta, recently made the commander of eight cohorts of Praetorian Guards, accompanied the Emperor into the field. He was not yet the true Praetorian Prefect, but he "hoped to get there" if he made a good enough impression with Emperor Claudius, which, aware of Claudius's paranoid tendencies, he achieved by being inordinately fussy and suspicious at all times. (GAME: "Non-Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedpart":"Non-Player Characters","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"})
