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The Rise of the Praetorian Guard

Dan Snow's History Hit

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The Emperor's a Military Man, and He Understands the Pragmatics

Under tiberius, augustus travels a lot. He doesn't travel anywhere. That's the great complaint that people level at him. So you can see those pragmatics here. These people don't need to be where the emperor's going, because the emperor's not there in whel he is in an island. And then seanus can look at this again. Bringing them to one place, you can keep an eye on them. We're puting thm all in the place, so if necessary, we can seal the gates even, you know, things like that. You got to work on the control.

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