2004
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Cecilia Ricci, « Il principe in villa. Residenze imperiali in Italia e servizi di sicurezza », Cahiers du Centre Gustave Glotz, ID : 10.3406/ccgg.2004.871
Roman Emperors frequently travelled through Italy and the provinces escorted by friends, members of their management, household staff and soldiers. From historical and epigraphical sources, we are well acquainted with a good number of imperial residences situated in Roman environs and organized to assure the sovereign working and resting in safe and peaceful conditions. In this paper, the author tries to examine the security service for the Emperor visiting his Italian villas, beginning from some places (Centumcellae, Lorium, Alsium, Albanum, Lanuuium, Praeneste, Tibur) where were situated imperial estates frequently attended, on purpose to discover epigraphical traces of urban troops soldiers (praetorians, equites singulares Augusti, classiarii, uigiles) who were in charge to follow and escort the Prince on travel and to take care of the praetoria.