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THOMAS GUNN - ROM173A Praetorian Imaginifer - Painted Diecast Metal Figure
TGM Description
The Praetorian Imaginifer carries the Standard bearing the Emperor's image, as a constant reminder to the legions to where their loyalty and who they were fighting for.
The Praetorian Guard has been vilified and lorded by historians, one thing is right, they were a hotbed of political repression and intrigue. It is difficult to think of a modern analogy. Possibly Saddam’s Republican Guard, NKVD and we often hear WW2 German SS. They certainly had the same basic role, the leader’s personal army, rather than the army of the state.
How often the Praetorian Guard saw action is also a hotly contested discussion. However, in the Year of the Four Emperors, AD69, they fought at the Battle of Bedriacum for Otho. Under Domitian and Trajan, the guard took part in wars from Dacia to Mesopotamia, while with Marcus Aurelius, years were spent on the Danubian frontier during the Marcomannic Wars.
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