Praetorian Archer Aiming High--single kneeling figure preparing to arch
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Item Number: ROM101
Praetorian Archer Aiming High--single kneeling figure preparing to arch
This Archer is either aiming upwards at an enemy above him on a wall or on the upper levels of a house. He could also be trying to provide 'plunging-fire' on an enemy some distance away.
‘FIGHTING TO PROTECT THE EMPEROR’
Ancient Rome’s Praetorian Guard was an elite imperial bodyguard unit established by the Emperor Augustus in 27B.C.E. to protect the Emperor and his family, while at the same time maintaining law and order in the city itself. The title of ‘Praetorian Guard’ was derived from the Latin world ‘praetorium’, describing the tent occupied by a Roman general (imperator), where carefully chosen soldiers guarded the senior officer’s headquarters. It was Augustus who formalized these soldiers into a permanent standing unit of nine cohorts, later expanded to 10, and numbering almost 5,000 men (approx. the same size as a regular Roman Legion).
This first (of several) batches of fighting Praetorian Guard comes in the form of ‘Archers’ in four different action poses.
Are they already fighting to defend the Emperor or… simply practicing their archery skills at their barracks at the fortified ‘Castra Praetoria’ located on the outskirts of the city… you decide.
Due to be released in OCTOBER 2026.
