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Praetorian is an adjective derived from the ancient Roman office of praetor. It may refer to:

Government and military

• Legatus (Praetorian legate), the title of a high military rank in the Roman Empire
• Praetorian Guard, a special force of skilled and celebrated troops serving as the personal guard of Roman Emperors
• Praetorian prefect, the title of a high office in the Roman Empire

Places

• Praetorian prefecture, the largest administrative division of the late Roman Empire, above the mid-level dioceses and the low-level provinces
  • Praetorian prefecture of Africa, division of the Eastern Roman Empire established after the reconquest of northwestern Africa from the Vandals
  • Praetorian prefecture of Gaul, included Gaul, Upper and Lower Germany, Roman Britain, Spain and Mauretania Tingitana in Africa
  • Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum, included, in its greatest expanse, Pannonia, Noricum, Crete and most of the Balkan peninsula except Thrace
  • Praetorian prefecture of Italy, included the Italian peninsula, the Western Balkans, the Danubian provinces and parts of North Africa
  • Praetorian prefecture of the East, included the larger part of the Eastern Roman Empire

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Praetorians (album), a 2008 black metal album by Naer Mataron
• Praetorians (video game), a 2003 real-time strategy computer game
• The Praetorian, a conservative newspaper at the University of California, Riverside
• Praetorian (novel), book by Simon Scarrow

Characters

• Praetorians are the primary antagonist group in The Net, 1995 film featuring Sandra Bullock
• Praetorian, a rank in the Mad Max franchise held by Jack and Furiosa amongst others
• Glyphid Praetorian, an acid-spitting creature in the cooperative first-person shooter video game Deep Rock Galactic

Buildings

• Praetorian Building, one of the first high-rise buildings to be constructed in Dallas, Texas
• Praetorian Palace, a 14th-century Venetian palace in the city of Koper, Slovenia

Other uses

• Pax Praetoriana, the relative stability of modern South Africa and its encouragement of democratic governments in other African states
• Praetorians Roma, an Italian rugby union team scheduled to begin play in the Magners League in 2010
• Torsus Praetorian, a 4x4 off-road bus from Ukraine

See also

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