I can only assume a lot of people didn't pay much attention in history class if they missed that the connotations of the praetorian guard are essentially entirely negative and also the praetorians got wrecked against the regular legions in 69 and 192 and 312.https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1402998688453038088 …
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It's a good one for
@BretDevereaux to tackle in his blog (if he hasn't yet...)
The praetorians were certainly high status compared to regular soldiers, but their record against the legions was quite poor, as noted. They generally did go to the frontier to fight if the emperor himself went, but aren't particularly distinguished for excellence there.
