Sentence example with the word 'pretorian'

pretorian

Definition adj. of or relating to a Roman praetor

Last update: October 19, 2015


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Claudius (the first emperor of the legions) made emperor by pretorian guard after murder of Caligula.   [Please select]

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Suppose I were to go to the pretorian camp, or the guards of the city, for instance.   [Please select]

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Meanwhile came a detachment of Numidian horse, who belonged to the pretorian guard.   [Please select]

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And again appeared a pretorian cohort of gigantic Sicambrians, blue-eyed, bearded, blond and red haired.   [Please select]

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The pretorian guards, in so far as they were not composed of foreigners, were made up of volunteers.   [Please select]

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If I wished I could destroy Tigellinus perhaps, and become pretorian prefect in his place, and have Ahenobarbus himself in my hands.   [Please select]

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Tigellinus was pretorian prefect, and his words had the direct meaning of a threat.   [Please select]

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Far back on the Quirinal, near the wall of Servius, were the Baths of Diocletian, and still farther to the east the Pretorian Camp established by Tiberius, and included within the wall of Aurelian.   [Please select]

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