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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d livius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d livius_fw-la non_fw-la in_fw-la bello_fw-la solùm_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o pace_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diony_n lib._n 2._o p._n 65._o in_o the_o free_a common_a wealth_n not_o use_v but_o d._n but_o as_o in_o the_o battle_n ad_fw-la regâ—llum_fw-la the_o dictator_n have_v cohortem_fw-la delectam_fw-la circa_fw-la le_fw-fr praesidij_fw-la câ—â—sa_fw-la liu_o l._n 2._o fâ—_n 18._o d._n abroad_o in_o the_o war_n till_o sylla_n and_o caesar_n usurp_v the_o state_n retain_v also_o at_o home_n as_o among_o enemy_n their_o usual_a guard_n but_o sylla_n other_o sylla_n appian_n 1._o &_o 2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 200._o 240._o sallust_n and_o other_o resign_v the_o state_n and_o his_o guard_n both_o at_o once_o howsoever_o he_o be_v charge_v by_o caesar_n nescire_fw-la literas_fw-la may_v seem_v to_o have_v follow_v a_o better_a grammar_n than_o caesar_n himself_o who_o dismiss_v his_o guard_n and_o not_o his_o government_n commit_v a_o notable_a and_o dangerous_a solecism_n in_o matter_n of_o state_n and_o open_v the_o way_n to_o his_o own_o destruction_n after_o the_o death_n of_o caesar_n the_o state_n be_v trouble_v antonius_n by_o permission_n of_o the_o senate_n person_n senate_n that_o be_v put_v a_o guard_n about_o his_o person_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o six_o thousand_o choose_a man_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 265._o and_o octavius_n pretend_v enmity_n against_o antonius_n return_v out_o of_o campania_n only_o campania_n that_o be_v bring_v with_o he_o 10000_o man_n under_o one_o ensign_n for_o the_o guard_n of_o his_o person_n only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 279._o and_o in_o the_o page_n follow_v antonius_n march_v from_o brundisium_n to_o rome_n man_n rome_n that_o be_v select_v out_o of_o his_o whole_a army_n a_o praetorian_a cohort_n of_o the_o best_a &_o choice_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o bello_fw-la philippensia_n praetorian_a cohort_n of_o two_o thousand_o go_v towards_o octavius_n be_v intercept_v at_o sea_n by_o those_o of_o the_o contrary_a part_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 337._o and_o after_o the_o war_n antonius_n and_o octavius_n cohorte_n octavius_n that_o be_v receive_v into_o service_n 8000._o soldier_n which_o desire_v to_o continue_v in_o pay_n and_o distribute_v they_o into_o praetorian_a cohorte_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 347._o and_o after_o the_o battle_n at_o actium_n augustus_n eschew_v his_o father_n fault_n and_o thinck_v it_o expedient_a for_o the_o safety_n of_o his_o person_n maintenance_n of_o his_o state_n and_o dispatch_v of_o affair_n to_o have_v in_o a_o readiness_n a_o convenient_a company_n of_o soldier_n in_o arm_n establish_v under_o the_o name_n of_o praetoriani_fw-la a_o guard_n often_o thousand_o man_n divide_v into_o ten_o cohort_n say_v dio._n 384._o dio._n pag_n 384._o lib._n 53._o tacitus_n 4._o 333._o 4._o 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cap._n 34._o nerone_n abductaque_fw-la militum_fw-la &_o germanorum_n station_n which_o guard_n galba_n dissolve_v suet._n cap._n 12._o germanorum_n cohortem_fw-la à _fw-la caesaribus_fw-la olim_fw-la ad_fw-la custodiam_fw-la corporis_fw-la institutam_fw-la multisque_fw-la experimentis_fw-la fidelissimam_fw-la dissoluit_fw-la ac_fw-la sine_fw-la ullo_fw-la commodo_fw-la remisit_fw-la in_o patriam_fw-la dio_fw-mi lib._n 55._o make_v mention_n also_o of_o certain_a horseman_n of_o batavia_n attend_v upon_o the_o prince_n down_o prince_n that_o be_v certain_a choice_n horseman_n stranger_n who_o they_o call_v batavi_n of_o batavia_n a_o â—le_v in_o the_o rhine_n but_o the_o number_n of_o they_o i_o can_v precise_o set_v down_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o praetoriani_fw-la some_o be_v horseman_n tac._n 1_o annal_n additur_fw-la magna_fw-la pars_fw-la praetoriani_n equitis_fw-la suet_n claudio_n c._n 21._o africanus_n exhibuit_fw-la claudius_n conficiente_a turmâ_fw-la equitum_fw-la praetorianorum_fw-la ducibus_fw-la tribunis_fw-la ipsoque_fw-la praefecto_fw-la most_o footman_n as_o spiculatores_n and_o other_o their_o proper_a office_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o they_o be_v call_v of_o the_o greek_a writer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o watch_v and_o ward_n at_o the_o palace_n every_o cohort_n in_o their_o turn_n or_o to_o accompany_v the_o prince_n abroad_o in_o forum_n in_o curiam_fw-la in_fw-la convivium_fw-la etc._n etc._n tac._n 1_o hist_o consultantibus_fw-la placuit_fw-la tentari_fw-la animum_fw-la cohortis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o palatio_fw-la stationem_fw-la agebat_fw-la and_o again_o annal_n 12._o egreditur_fw-la nero_n ad_fw-la cohortem_fw-la quae_fw-la more_fw-it militae_fw-la excubijs_fw-la adest_fw-la suet_n 6._o suet_n cap._n 6._o othone_n obstitit_fw-la respectus_fw-la cohortis_fw-la quae_fw-la tunc_fw-la excubabat_fw-la tac._n annal._n 1_o miles_n in_o forum_n mile_n in_o curiam_fw-la comitabatur_fw-la dio._n li._n 60._o 457._o 60._o that_o be_v at_o banquet_n claudius_n have_v always_o some_o soldier_n attend_v upon_o he_o which_o custom_n begin_v by_o he_o be_v continue_v even_o to_o this_o day_n p._n 457._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o not_o only_o the_o prince_n himself_o but_o his_o wife_n mother_n and_o child_n have_v likewise_o some_o of_o these_o praetoriani_fw-la attend_v upon_o they_o tac._n 13._o annal._n excubias_fw-la militares_fw-la quae_fw-la ut_fw-la coniugi_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la olim_fw-la tum_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la matri_fw-la seruabantur_fw-la digredi_fw-la iubet_fw-la with_o germanicus_n in_o germany_n be_v dvae_fw-la praetoriae_fw-la cohortes_fw-la 2._o ann._n whether_o of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o roman_a guard_n or_o after_o the_o ancient_a use_n of_o the_o word_n i_o can_v not_o determine_v and_o 1._o annal._n tiberius_n send_v with_o his_o son_n drusus_n into_o pamnonia_n dvas_fw-la praetorias_fw-la cohortes_fw-la at_o 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