praetorians

• As captain of a commando ship, he led any number of raids and gained a reputation for kzin-like ruthlessness. —  Inconstant Star
• If she had learned that he was in the habit of receiving secret information from her slave, there were a thousand ways she might take to avenge herself; a very simple way would be to charge him with improper overtures and have him killed by the praetorians--a way that might particularly interest her, since it would presumably increase her reputation for constancy to Commodus The eunuchs watched him. —  Caesar Dies
• The praetorians, the German body-guard, the imperial Macedonian phalanx, and some mounted standard-bearers had by this time reached the spot where —  Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works
• The praetorians, the German body-guard, the imperial Macedonian phalanx, and some mounted standard-bearers had by this time reached the spot where Melissa was proceeding up the street holding Andreas's hand. —  A Thorny Path — Complete
• Severus -- buttresses, lofty arcades, which upheld the palace, vast basements, so to say, where the praetorians were posted and gorged themselves with continual junketings. —  The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete

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