Tag: Praetorian Guard

Left: In the Roman cities, small forces of gendarmes, often recruited from slaves, acted under the direction of civilian magistrates. But elsewhere it was the army itself that kept the peace; and military units were stationed at such strategic points as river-crossings and road-centres. Right: The 'hermandades' initially began to form in Andalusia in the 12th century.

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Police Forces That Kept Order In Ancient Streets

MessageToEagle.com | April 23, 2016

MessageToEagle.com – The first known police force was established in 400 BC in Athens, Greece. According to accounts from speech writer in Ancient Greece, Andocides and a Greek statesman and one of

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