The role and character of the praetorian guard and the praetorian prefecture until the accession of Vespasian

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the role of the Praetorian Guard in the hundred years between the battle of Actium and the accession of Vespasian. This necessitates not only a consideration of those political activities which the Praetorians undertook at the behest of their emperors but...

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Main Author: Kerr, John Latimer
Published: University of Glasgow 1991
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302337