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The Roman Imperial German Bodyguard, also called the Germanic bodyguard, (Latin: ''Germani corporis custodes''〔Suetonius, ''Caligula'' (58, 3 ) and inscriptions, e. g. .〕 or ''Germani corpore custodes'',〔CIL VI 4340, 4342, 4343, 4437, 21068; AE (1976) 750, (1923) 73〕 in the literary sources also called the ''numerus Batavorum''〔Suetonius, ''Caligula'' (43 ).〕 or ''cohors Germanorum''〔Suetonius, ''Galba'' (12 ).〕) was a personal, imperial guards unit for the Roman emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (30 BC - AD 68) composed of Germanic soldiers. Although the Praetorians may be considered the Roman Emperor's main bodyguard, the German Bodyguards were a unit of more personal guards recruited from distant parts of the Empire, so they had no political or personal connections with Rome or the provinces.〔Webster, Graham (1985). (''The Roman Imperial Army of the First and Second Centuries A.D.'' ), Black, London/Oklahoma, p. 101. ISBN 0-8061-3000-8.〕 From ''De Bello Gallico'', it is known that Julius Caesar also had a Germanic bodyguard.〔Caesar, ''de bello Gallico'' (7, 13, 1 ).〕〔Roymans, Nico (2000). (''Germania inferior'' ) (ed. Newald and Schalles), Walter de Gruyter, Berlin. ISBN 3-11-016969-X. p. 97〕 == Overview == The members of the German Bodyguard were recruited from the Germanic tribes resident in, or on the borders of, the Roman province of Germania Inferior, with most recruits drawn from the Batavi〔CIL VI 8802, 8803, 8804, 8807; AE (1952) 146, 147, 148, 149, (1968) 32〕 but also from neighbouring tribes of the Rhine delta region, including the Frisii,〔CIL VI 4342, VI 4343〕 Baetasii〔CIL VI 8808〕 and Ubii.〔CIL VI 8809〕〔Roymans (2000), p. 258.〕 Little is known about their organisation; the 500 bodyguards were formed up in five ''centuries'', each century commanded by a centurion. from inscriptions it is known that there existed, as in all Roman cavalry units, the officer rank of decurion. The exact size of the unit, which was at least partially mounted, is also unknown, but is described in ancient sources as a cohort, which in this period normally implied a strength of c. 500 men, or less precisely as a ''numerus'', whose size could vary. Under the Emperor Caligula, the Bodyguard may have consisted of 500 to 1,000 men. The German Bodyguard was valued as loyal and reliable.〔Suetonius, ''Galba'' 12: ''multisque experimentis fidelissimam''.〕 Emperors like Nero trusted the Germani especially because they were not of Roman origin.〔Tacitus, ''Annals'' (15, 58 ): ''Germanis, quibus fidebat princeps quasi externis''.〕 The Bodyguard was disbanded briefly after the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, and was finally dissolved by Galba in 68〔 because of its loyalty to Nero (ruled 54-68), whom he had overthrown. The decision caused deep offence to the Batavi, and contributed to the outbreak of the Revolt of the Batavi in the following year.〔Tacitus ''Hist.'' II.5〕 Their indirect successors were the ''Equites singulares Augusti'' which were, likewise, mainly recruited from the Germani. They were apparently so similar to the Julio-Claudians' earlier German Bodyguard that they were given the same nickname, the "Batavi".〔Fuhrmann, Christopher J. (2012). (''Policing the Roman Empire: Soldiers, Administration, and Public Order'' ), OUP, New York, pp 128/129. ISBN 978-0-19-973784-0〕 The Roman client king of Judea Herod the Great had a German personal bodyguard modeled upon that of Augustus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Imperial German Bodyguard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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