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Praetorian Guard. 27BC-312. Roman Emperor’s guard. Only military allowed in Rome.
Aeëtes. Greek. Medea’s father. Guardian of Golden Fleece.
Artagnan, d’. Guarded Fouquet at Vincennes Prison.
Cerberus. Three-headed dog, guardian of Greek underworld.
Coldstream Guards. 1650. Marched to London to restore Charles II.
Cultural Revolution. 1966-9. Mao’s Red Guards purge China of bourgeois, capitalist elements.
Grenadier Guards. 1656.
Hesperides. Nymphs who guarded Hera’s tree of golden apples.
Iron Guard. 1924-41. Romanian anti-semite fascist party.
Janissaries. 1330-1826. Ottoman sultan’s powerful bodyguard. First recruited from Christian children. Massacred by Mahmud II after revolt.
Janus. Roman god with two faces to guard doorways, beginnings and endings.
Julius II. 1443-1513. Pope 1503-. Joined Holy League vs France. Patron of Michelangelo, Raphael. Swiss Guards.
Kent State Massacre. 1970. Ohio National Guardsmen kill 4 student anti-Vietnam War demonstrators.
Life Guards. 1660.
Mameluks. Egyptian slave bodyguards who formed 1250-1382 Bahrite, 1382-1517 Burjite dynasties. Overthrown by Turks. Ali Pasha.
National Guard. 1789-1870 France. 1880s US.
Red Guards. 1966-69. Paramilitary student units during Chinese Cultural Revolution.
Royal Scots Guards. 1633. Oldest regular regiment in British Army.
Swiss Guards. 1505- Swiss Mercenaries protecting monarchs, Pope. 600 massacred at Tuileries 1791. 1825- Incorporated in Vatican forces. Julius II.
Tuileries, Storming of. 1792 Massacre of Swiss Guards. King’s authority suspended. French Revolution.
United Nations. UN. 1945. Charter signed by 50 nations at San Francisco. To safeguard world peace and protect human rights. Most countries members now. 15 agencies for education, relief. Trusteeship .
Varangian Guard. 977-15C. Byzantine infantry recruited from Scandinavia and later England.
Vestal Virgins. Chaste Roman guardians of Temple to Vesta, goddess of the hearth.
Yeomen of the Guard. 1485 British Monarch’s bodyguard. Beef Eaters, Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London, 1669-.