And as a side note of things today being similar to the way they were back then, the Praetorian Guard was also involved in some shady issues themselves such as assassination attempts and pilfering of collected assets and police brutality. ... In reading about Caesar's vigiles, men who fought crime and fires by night, the first thing I thought of was the Bobbies of jolly ole England. ... He sort of invented the system of the day and night shift as well. ... I don't see Rome as a very large place, and all of a sudden they have thousands of people to do both day and night watches....

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