Pretorian bands
(Rom. Hist.) | the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each. |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
(Rom. Hist.) | the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each. |
See also: Pretorian