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Explanation: The Praetorian Guard were the main bodyguard of the Emperors of the Roman Empire. They had a… nasty tendency to turn on the Emperors they were supposed to be protecting, either overthrowing them or extorting them for more bribes.
The short-lived Emperor Galba failed to provide the Praetorian Guard with the appropriate ‘appreciation’ for their ‘services’ when he became Emperor, and for that reason, most of the Praetorians deserted him (save one loyal soul, who fought to the death to protect his Emperor) when a better-paying assassination/coup presented itself a few short months after Galba’s rise to power.
Aielman15Do we know more about that single loyal praetorian?
Not much, just his name, rank, and deed!
No man resisted or offered to stand up in his defence, save one only, a centurion, Sempronius Densus, the single man among so many thousands that the sun beheld that day act worthily of the Roman empire, who, though he had never received any favour from Galba, yet out of bravery and allegiance endeavoured to defend the litter. First, lifting up his switch of vine, with which the centurions correct the soldiers when disorderly, he called aloud to the aggressors, charging them not to touch their emperor. And when they came upon him hand-to-hand, he drew his sword, and made a defence for a long time, until at last he was cut under the knees and brought to the ground.
- Plutarch
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Explanation: The Praetorian Guard were the main bodyguard of the Emperors of the Roman Empire. They had a… nasty tendency to turn on the Emperors they were supposed to be protecting, either overthrowing them or extorting them for more bribes.
The short-lived Emperor Galba failed to provide the Praetorian Guard with the appropriate ‘appreciation’ for their ‘services’ when he became Emperor, and for that reason, most of the Praetorians deserted him (save one loyal soul, who fought to the death to protect his Emperor) when a better-paying assassination/coup presented itself a few short months after Galba’s rise to power.