Lindsay Powell

And significantly, it's the office in charge of the urban cohorts that is picked to try and actually sort of do the ferreting out. And there's the famous scene where Sionis actually, he goes to the Senate House expecting to be given honours and in fact to be recognised as being the successor. And the statement is read out. And then halfway through, it becomes clear that this is an indictment.

And significantly, it's the office in charge of the urban cohorts that is picked to try and actually sort of do the ferreting out. And there's the famous scene where Sionis actually, he goes to the Senate House expecting to be given honours and in fact to be recognised as being the successor. And the statement is read out. And then halfway through, it becomes clear that this is an indictment.

It's not actually a praising. It's not a memorialization and commemoration of this guy's achievements. And the senators who are listening to this start to sort of leave the chamber because they know something's up. And Macro, the famous Macro, who is the head of the urban cohorts. is the person who effectively eliminates his man. And in fact, for the family of Sianus, it's a pretty brutal end.

It's not actually a praising. It's not a memorialization and commemoration of this guy's achievements. And the senators who are listening to this start to sort of leave the chamber because they know something's up. And Macro, the famous Macro, who is the head of the urban cohorts. is the person who effectively eliminates his man. And in fact, for the family of Sianus, it's a pretty brutal end.

It's not actually a praising. It's not a memorialization and commemoration of this guy's achievements. And the senators who are listening to this start to sort of leave the chamber because they know something's up. And Macro, the famous Macro, who is the head of the urban cohorts. is the person who effectively eliminates his man. And in fact, for the family of Sianus, it's a pretty brutal end.

He executed and so were his kids, as it turns out. But that, unfortunately, hints to the fact that now it's too late because there's one man in charge of the Praetorian cohorts. And he wields immense power at that point.

He executed and so were his kids, as it turns out. But that, unfortunately, hints to the fact that now it's too late because there's one man in charge of the Praetorian cohorts. And he wields immense power at that point.

He executed and so were his kids, as it turns out. But that, unfortunately, hints to the fact that now it's too late because there's one man in charge of the Praetorian cohorts. And he wields immense power at that point.

Do we know where they were recruited from? The evidence points to Italy in the first instance. So Etruria, Latio and Umbria. So good quality sort of middle and north Italian troops. And it points to at that point, about 85 percent of the Praetorian soldiers were recruited from Italy. But over time, they'll become much more widely recruited.

Do we know where they were recruited from? The evidence points to Italy in the first instance. So Etruria, Latio and Umbria. So good quality sort of middle and north Italian troops. And it points to at that point, about 85 percent of the Praetorian soldiers were recruited from Italy. But over time, they'll become much more widely recruited.

Do we know where they were recruited from? The evidence points to Italy in the first instance. So Etruria, Latio and Umbria. So good quality sort of middle and north Italian troops. And it points to at that point, about 85 percent of the Praetorian soldiers were recruited from Italy. But over time, they'll become much more widely recruited.

By the time we get to later emperors, it's much more popular. spread out. But there seems to be the implication of that is that we need Italians to be personal in the sense. And in a way, there's another angle you could look at it is these men will be deployed most of the time in Italy. So there are guardsmen in Italy defending the homeland and the man in charge.

By the time we get to later emperors, it's much more popular. spread out. But there seems to be the implication of that is that we need Italians to be personal in the sense. And in a way, there's another angle you could look at it is these men will be deployed most of the time in Italy. So there are guardsmen in Italy defending the homeland and the man in charge.

By the time we get to later emperors, it's much more popular. spread out. But there seems to be the implication of that is that we need Italians to be personal in the sense. And in a way, there's another angle you could look at it is these men will be deployed most of the time in Italy. So there are guardsmen in Italy defending the homeland and the man in charge.

So that kind of makes some sense there. It begs the question, were these conscious decisions by Augustus? This is what we don't know. Sometimes these things may have just happened by accident. And that's where his troops came from, because all the other nationalities, if you will, were actually feeding the legions at this point. And Italy is basically a non-military area.

So that kind of makes some sense there. It begs the question, were these conscious decisions by Augustus? This is what we don't know. Sometimes these things may have just happened by accident. And that's where his troops came from, because all the other nationalities, if you will, were actually feeding the legions at this point. And Italy is basically a non-military area.

So that kind of makes some sense there. It begs the question, were these conscious decisions by Augustus? This is what we don't know. Sometimes these things may have just happened by accident. And that's where his troops came from, because all the other nationalities, if you will, were actually feeding the legions at this point. And Italy is basically a non-military area.

But you have young men who are between 15 and 32 who are eligible to enroll with the proper checks and all the rest of it to join the Praetorian Guards. But they're Italians. That's the point.

But you have young men who are between 15 and 32 who are eligible to enroll with the proper checks and all the rest of it to join the Praetorian Guards. But they're Italians. That's the point.

But you have young men who are between 15 and 32 who are eligible to enroll with the proper checks and all the rest of it to join the Praetorian Guards. But they're Italians. That's the point.