What are the differences a roman soldier and a pretorian?

The Praetorian Guard were the Roman Army units stationed in Rome and the Italian Peninsula to protect the persons of the Imperial Family and to garrison Italy and Rome. Recruitment seem to take place in a variety of means, from recruiting the best available recruits in Italy to head-hunting highly decorated veterans from other Legions. read more

Praetorian Guard shields included wings and thunderbolts, referring to the Roman equivalent form of Jupiter and also uniquely included Scorpions, Stars and Crescents. Gallery A Praetorian soldier from the 2nd century AD – retrieved in Pozzuoli (1800). read more

The difference was one of class. Although both soldiers and gladiators were highly trained in hand to hand combat, the soldier was a free citizen and. read more