Praetorian: the rise and fall of Rome's imperial bodyguard / Guy de la Bédoyère
2007, 1st Edition. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #345692
Physical description: vii, 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm. Contents:
Introduction -- Evolution (44 - 31 BC) -- Foundation (31 BC - AD 14) -- Ambition (14 - 37) -- Making history (37 - 51) -- A tale of two prefects (51 - 68) -- Civil War (69) -- To the victor, the spoils (69 - 98) -- Concordia Exercituum (98 - 180) -- The age of iron and rust (180 - 235) -- Decline and dissolution (235 - 312) -- Epilogue. Subjects: Praetorian Guard History.
Special forces (Military science) Rome History.
Rome Army History.
Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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