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title: "5 Praetorian Guard Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/rome-at-its-most-decadent-had-never-thought-of-hiring-an-actor-to-go/)

[Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/)

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> [I had proposed to HBO a series about the city cops in Rome at the time of Nero. What had interested me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/i-had-proposed-to-hbo-a-series-about-the-city-cops-in-rome-at-the/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

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> [“Corbulo: a name to conjure with, a name to follow into battle, wherever he led; a name to have a man marching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/corbulo-a-name-to-conjure-with-a-name-to-follow-into-battle-wherever/)

[M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5e/m-c-scott-17388_ancient-rome_corbulo-a-name-to-conjure-with-a-name-to_1591502.jpg)

> [There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tacitus/there-was-more-courage-in-bearing-trouble-than-in-escaping-from-it/)

[Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tacitus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/tacitus-1552_brave_there-was-more-courage-in-bearing-troubl_2360266.jpg)

> [“They’re Caesar’s praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, ‘Remember, Caesar, thou art mortal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/they-re-caesar-s-praetorian-guard-whispering-as-the-parade-roars-down/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/ray-bradbury-75_thou-art_they-re-caesar-s-praetorian-guard-whispe_2836364.jpg)

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