Lexicographical Neighbors of Pretorians
Literary usage of Pretorians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Roman Emperors: From Augustus to Constantine by Jean Baptiste Louis Crévier, John Mills (1814)
"Sedition of the pretorians, who force Nerva to give them up the murderers of
Domi- tian. ... Petronius Secundus, prefect of the pretorians, whose authority, ..."
2. Dio's Rome: An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the by Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Joannes Zonaras (1906)
"But I do not satisfy the pretorians, to (au 974) whom I keep giving so much."
So long as Sardanapalus continued to love his cousin. —19 — he was safe. ..."
3. Far Cathay and Farther India by Alexander Buxton MacMahon (1893)
"... Century—Beginning of Close Connection of Arakan with Bengal —Archers of the
King's Body-Guard—Likened to the pretorians —Sufferings of the Arakanese at ..."
4. A Compendious History of Italy by Luigi Sforzosi (1844)
"The pretorians, after having obtained from Didius all he had promised, ...
The pretorians very soon had cause to repent their vile conduct and the faith ..."
5. Quo Vadis: A Tale of the Time of Nero by Henryk Sienkiewicz (1897)
"Meanwhile the mob's rage turned in despair against the pretorians, who could not
... At last the pretorians vanquished the unarmed mob and hurled them back. ..."
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