Adjective:

Praetorian,

praetorians தமிழ் அர்த்தத்தின் உதாரணம்:

சரக் கோட்பாடு பிரடோரியன் காவலர்கள் (Praetoriani) எனப்படுவோர் உரோமப் பேரரசரின் மெய்ப்பாதுகாவலர்களாகச் செயற்பட்ட படைவீரர்கள்.

praetorians's Usage Examples:

It was said that the terms of resignation had actually been agreed upon with Primus, one of Vespasian's chief supporters, but the praetorians refused to allow him to carry out the agreement, and forced him to return to the palace, when he was on his way to deposit the insignia of empire in the temple of Concord.

He gained the confidence of Tiberius, and, supported by the praetorians, whom he concentrated in a camp on the Viminal Hill, became virtually ruler of Rome.

He was the son of Seius Strabo, prefect of the praetorians, and was adopted into the Aelian gens.

The attempt also of the daring highwayman Maternus to seize the empire was betrayed; but at last Eclectus the emperor's chamberlain, Laetus the praefect of the praetorians, and his mistress Marcia, finding their names on the list of those doomed to death, united to destroy him.

Another attempt in 222 produced a mutiny among the praetorians, in which Heliogabalus and his mother Soemias (Soaemias) were slain (probably in the first half of March).

Under the empire the praetorians or imperial guards were commanded by one, two, or even three praefects (praefecti praetorio), who were chosen by the emperor from among the knights and held office at his pleasure.

In his dealings with the mutinous praetorians the strength of the new emperor's hand was shown at once.

The cohort on duty at the Palatine, which had accompanied the emperor, instantly deserted him; Galba, Piso and others were brutally murdered by the praetorians.

Synonyms:

praetorial, pretorian, pretorial,

Antonyms:

incorrupt, moral, incorruptness,