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'''Praetorian''' is an adjective derived from the ancient Roman office of praetor. It may refer to: {{TOC right}}
== 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 * {{SS|Pretorian}}, steamship ocean liner for the Allan Line
==See also== {{canned search|praetorian|praetorians}} * {{srt}} * Propraetor * Praetor
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