praetorian guard

"It has often been said that history is a series of gambits and ambitions, of men and women seizing the day and driving forth through impossible circumstances to carve works of art, vast political dynasties, and even entire moral and philosophical systems that have affected us for thousands of...

Nymphidius Sabinus was a Praetorian prefect who played a crucial role in the downfall of Emperor Nero by persuading the Praetorian Guard to desert him. Between Nero's death and Galba's arrival in Rome, he tried to take the throne for himself. Unfortunately for him, nobody took his claim...

Inspired from another thread: A POD after WW2 ended causes the Secret Service to become an intrigant bunch of kingmakers that kills "inconvenient" Presidents and heavily influences politics. They can be the henchmen of a "Deep State" or serve their own interests.