Note 26 — Chapter XXXV · GALBA, OTHO, VITELLIUS, AND THE THREE FLAVIANS (68-96 A.D.) (continued 2)
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[Importance attached primarily to the suffrage of the prætorian guards, who were stationed at or near Rome. The Roman populace itself had also to be considered. The legions stationed at a distance might support the prætorians, or might, on the other hand, bring forward their own candidates, as we have seen.]