Praetorian
# Praetorian

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

* Praetorian (novel), book by Simon Scarrow
* 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
* Praetorians are the primary antagonist group in The Net, 1995 film featuring Sandra Bullock

## 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
* Glyphid Praetorian, an acid-spitting creature in the cooperative first-person shooter video game Deep Rock Galactic
* 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
