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praetorians

n. (plural of praetorian English)

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Praetorians (video game)

Praetorians is a 3D real-time tactics game developed by Pyro Studios, based on Julius Caesar's campaigns in Gaul, Britain, Crassus' battles in Parthia and the Civil War.

Praetorians (album)

Praetorians is the fifth full length studio album, and eighth album overall, released by the black metal band Naer Mataron. It was released on the Season of Mist label in 2008, the first album by Naer Mataron on this label.

Usage examples of "praetorians".

Everything now depended on Aulus Plautius keeping the praetorians loyal, since Geta could be leading them into a trap at the Castra Praetoria with his advice.

He would have preferred riding triumphantly to the camp on horseback, but he could hardly show himself to the praetorians spattered with mud and soaked to the skin.

Must he wait for his mother or Britannicus or the praetorians to strike first?

She was going to scream for help but suddenly realized that any help would probably kill Sabinus, since only praetorians were guarding the park.

Sabinus flashed about to see if any praetorians had seen them, but apparently they were preoccupied with other pursuits.

A band of praetorians rushed out at the circle of Christians and crisscrossed their skins with knife cuts so that the lions could see and smell blood.

Then the praetorians dashed back to the sidelines, because someone had given the signal for the dogs prematurely.

With grim efficiency, the praetorians managed to crucify the forty leaders in just fifteen minutes.

While slaves worked gears that slowly turned the disks, the praetorians set fire to combustibles beneath each wheel.

Several victims grabbed hold of the ropes when the hooks opened, but this only made more fun for the crowd, since the praetorians would wait until the victim was doing a mad hand-over-hand in trying to lower himself and then tug the rope back up again until he finally dropped from exhaustion.

They were praetorians clutching torches, over a hundred of them, racing into the arena until they formed a huge, oblong horseshoe of fire.

The final total stood at nineteen deaths, twelve senators exiled, and four praetorians degraded in rank.

Nero deposed: an edict of the Senate, pure and simple, with your praetorians following their lead.

But meanwhile, there would be no police to keep order in the city, and your praetorians would have their hands full trying to keep the lid on a rebellious lot of citizens who hate Nero almost as much as I do.

Aulus Plautius, my father-in-law, will support my motion with news that your praetorians are deciding the same way.