While the Praetorian Guard was responsible for the wellbeing of the Emperor, they also patrolled the city of Rome on foot and on horseback. But the Guard wasn't always protective of the Emperor.

The Praetorian Guard originated during the Roman Republic as a corps of bodyguards for army generals, but the Praetorians were then appointed by Augustus, the first Roman emperor, in 27 B.C. to be ...

They once housed the Praetorian Guard, the emperor’s bodyguards, according to archaeologists. The area includes a hallway and 39 rooms, where archeologists have found bronze bracelets, mosaics ...

After 50 years of neglect, Rome’s “lost” imperial palace Domus Tiberiana has reopened as an open-air museum. ... places of worship and rooms for the emperor’s Praetorian guard.

Archaeologists unearthed a 14-room home, likely used by a commander of Emperor Hadrian's Praetorian Guard, back in March Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism Construction on ...