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Hello and welcome to the history of Rome. Episode 99, what evil have I done? So the

Praetorians had pulled off the perfect crime. They had murdered an emperor and

replaced him with a man whose only claim to the throne was that he had promised

to pay them all a boatload of cash. Yep, they were set for life and nothing could

touch them. They were, after all, the Praetorian Guard, the Praetorian Guard. While

communist reign, the various cabals of corrupt imperial officials who came and

went over the years had wielded near absolute power over the people and the

Praetorians had been the iron hand keeping them all in line. So perhaps the last

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