The Rise of the Praetorian Guard
Dan Snow's History Hit
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'Tiberius', 'Seanus'
For 17 years, seana was the son of a pretorian prefect. He was picked by tiberius to run the whole guard. And that gave him immense power. Not till about ten years later, when there are allegations that he was involved in the poisoning,. the killing of tiberius actual son drusus the younger, whom we mentioned earlier. A plot is inferred that he is going to try and take over the state. The office in charge of the urban cohorts set off to do the ferreting out. Macrow effectively eliminates his man. In fact, for the family of seanus, it's a pretty brutal end. But that unfortunately hints the fact that
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