The Praetorians are the guard of the Roman Caesars, who on their own are capable of elevating anyone to the throne of the Roman Empire. Just pay. In 193 AD e. After the murder of Commodus, the position of emperor goes to Publius Helvius Pertinax, the son of a freedman. Despite the fact that Pertinax owes the Praetorians half the money promised for support, he is convinced that he will remain emperor for a long time. Pertinax does not want to believe that the Praetorians, accustomed under Commodus to a riotous life, permissiveness and frequent gifts, are already looking for a reason to revolt. And yet the Praetorians cannot be called traders who only pretend to be warriors. They are capable of bold and desperate actions, nobility is not alien to them, and some are driven not by a thirst for profit, but by selfless love for a woman.