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
  • Praetorian DASS, the Defensive Aid Sub-System for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft

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 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
  • , steamship ocean liner for the Allan Line

See also

  • Propraetor
  • Praetor