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

 * 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