12-11-2008, 03:17 PM
Do we have any idea on when this was written relative to when it "happened"?
Praetorian may have been used just because it would be a rank and title that almost any reader would recognize.
Also if the section is intended to put the Romans in a poor light then having him taken by one of the Emperors own bodyguards would certainly emphasize this.
Praetorian may have been used just because it would be a rank and title that almost any reader would recognize.
Also if the section is intended to put the Romans in a poor light then having him taken by one of the Emperors own bodyguards would certainly emphasize this.
Timothy Hanna
