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Pretorian

adjective
1.
Of or relating to a Roman praetor.  Synonyms: praetorial, praetorian, pretorial.
2.
Characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality.  Synonym: Praetorian.





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... declared emperor by the legions of Egypt; and this seems to have been the cause of no coins being struck in Alexandria in the fourteenth year of the reign. Cassius left his son Moecianus in Alexandria with the title of Pretorian Prefect, while he himself marched into Syria to secure that province. There the legions followed the example of their brethren in Egypt, and the Syrians were glad to acknowledge a general of the Eastern armies as their sovereign. But ...
— History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 11 (of 12) • S. Rappoport


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