Praetorian prefect

Descending from the heretical designed ship, the Prodigal Son, along with the Inquisitor Valg was a mass of machinery. Each ponderous step was slow and methodical; but of such a stride that it easily matched pace with the man to its fore. With every step gears spun up, latched and released with a whirl of motion. Gas vented and billowed out the form of a rust coloured robe, the distinctive embroidered crenellations of a cog revealed what Order the construct belonged to; but it was the combination mechanical-biological skull that declared the ranke of Tech-Priest of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Known to Inquisitor Valg as Enginseer Masoch. Though he walked he made no motion to the escort, no word to his comrade, not a single vocalisation. Impassive and inconsiderate he ignored the rows upon rows of what once might have been subjects for any number of experiments; but these specimens were to be fuel. Nothing but kindling for the great psyker flame that burned away the darkness of the immaterium. They were to burn in the same guiding light that directed them to their deaths, gallows humour which while mentally noted was not remarked upon. What did interest Masoch though was the bio-auspex readings he recorded of the Inquisitor as they approached the subject of their venture. Memory banks were quickly searched, scouring files of relevant details of their new prisoner. An Adepta Sororitas, Anastasia, cast in the mould of an Amazon Warrior of ancient Terra, long before the Dark Age…

compassion: a leader needs compassion, which is also reasoning with people when they make mistakes. By doing so, you gain trust from the followers knowing that you care. A great leader needs courage : this is the quality of mind and spirit that enables a person to go through a difficult situation with bravery. During my prefectorial position, It was hard for me to instruct some people because I felt we were too close but it took courage and boldness and most times when I spoke to them I gained…

He ruled from 41-54 AD. He was hiding behind curtains while the killing spree was happening. They had to see a hump in the curtains but it was said that the Praetorian Guards purposely did not kill Claudius because they liked him. In my opinion he was not a real threat to them so it was no reason to kill him. He had a lot of things going on. He drooled all the time, had a limp, stuttered, when he was excited his nose got stuffy, and if he was angry then he would start foaming at the mouth.…

a pretty clear statement that Commodus was his intended successor.” Maximus may have been a fictional character, however the other important roles of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus were not, yet many points of their backstories were modified for the film. For one thing Marcus Aurelius “did not die in the middle of nowhere as in the film,” writes Larsen, “he actually died at Vindobona (modern Vienna),” and further suggests that Commodus did not murder him as is portrayed in the film. Commodus’…

ultimately led to his downfall. Nero was proclaimed Princeps at the early age of sixteen. Despite his young age, he maintained a decent relationship with the senate during the first few years of his reign, however ancient sources believe this was due to the advisors and guides who assisted his Principate. Seneca and Burrus were both appointed by his mother Agrippina the Younger into important positions as Nero’s advisor and Prefect of the Praetorian Guard respectively, to support Nero’s reign. …

influence of Seneca and Burrus began to wane (Benario, 2006). Baker (2006, p. 156), characterized the deficiencies of the emperor during this period claiming, “…despite Nero’s promising start, by AD 62 he was forgetting his lines. By character, he was just not cut out to be a politician.” This lack of interest in politics, and deep passion for acting and the arts – a profession believed by the senators to be of the lowest grandeur, especially for the Emperor, was calamitous to Nero’s reign. With…

of the empire. In the third-century, many of these emperors were selected and deposed of by the army and the power begun to switch from politics to the military. Armies played key roles in determining who ascended to power and this can be seen in the conflict between Philip and Decius, Carinus and Diocletian, as well as emperors such as Tacitus, Florian and Probus. These emperors rise to power through the backing and strength of an army throughout the third-century. The two pairs Philip the…

privileges accorded to Christian laymen and authorities. Legislation also served to establish an orthodox Christianity in line with the decisions of Church councils while penalizing those adhering to teachings proclaimed heretical. In contrast to the institutionalization of Christianity, pagans and those deemed to have deviated from the catholic faith and their supporters were to be corrected by the teachings of the priesthood as well as ‘terror’ of imperial punishments . The marginalization…

Balkan provinces and eastern frontier. Constantine quadrupled the city 's territory, erected two major churches and thus created the new Christian capital. The city resembled Old Rome 's physical features and institutions. Furthermore, the government of the Roman Empire changed dramatically under Constantine’s rule. His main goal was to be a strict but trustworthy ruler. He showed this in his early campaigns before the Battle of Milvian Bridge. He would place harsh punishments on those who were…

Diocletian had split into East and West halves (ca. AD 285-293), appointing a ruler (Augustus) and co-ruler (Caesar), for ease of ruling the vast empire. The Eastern portion was ruled by Diocletian Augustus and Galerius Caesar, with the Western portion ruled by Maximian Augustus and Constantius Caesar, with the Augustus receiving a larger area of land to rule and the Caesar receiving the smaller portion, and subject to the Augustus’s authority. Constantius, previously an officer in the army,…