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{{Infobox animanga character
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| name = Yamato "Matt" Ishida
[[Image:Praetorian GuardSoldiers basrelief cropped.jpg|thumb|right|100px|frame|The Praetorian Guard of [[Augustus]] - First century. Depicted in a [[marble]] [[bas-relief]]]]
| color = Blue
| series = Digimon
| image = [[Image:Char-yamato.jpg|90px]]
| caption = Matt in Digimon Adventure (season 1)
| first = Episode 01, "''And so it Begins...''"
| last = "''A Million Points of Light''"
| creator =
| voiced by = [[Yuuto Kazama]] (Japanese) <br /> [[Michael Reisz]] (English) <br /> Uraz Huerta (Spanish)
| oaux1 name = [[Japanese language|Japanese]] name
| oaux1 = Yamato Ishida
| spouse = [[Sora Takenouchi]]
| age = 11 (Adventure){{Fact|date=May 2008}} <br>14 (Adventure 02){{Fact|date=May 2008}}
| aux1 name = Grade | aux1 name = Grade
| aux1 = 5th (Adventure)<br>8th (Adventure 02)
| aux2 name = Trait
| aux2 = Friendship
| aux3 name = Digimon
| aux3 = [[Gabumon]]
}}


{{nihongo|'''Yamato "Matt" Ishida'''|石田 ヤマト|Ishida Yamato|}} is a [[fictional character]] in the [[anime]] and [[manga]] series [[Digimon Adventure]] and [[Digimon Adventure 02]].
The '''Praetorian Guard''' ([[Latin]]: <small>PRÆTORIANI</small>) was a special force of [[guard]]s used by [[Roman empire|Roman]] [[List of Roman Emperors|Emperor]]s. Before being appropriated for the use of the Emperors' personal guards, the title was used for the guards of Roman generals, at least since the rise to prominence of the [[Scipio (cognomen)|Scipio]] family; around 275 BC. [[Constantine I]] dissolved the Guard in the fourth century.


Matt, one of the original DigiDestined, starts out as a secretive loner whose Digimon partner is [[Gabumon]]. His younger brother, [[T.K. Takaishi]], is also one of the eight DigiDestined. He is very protective of [[T.K. Takaishi|T.K.]], and often acts harshly when he (T.K.) is in trouble. In the English language dub, the two were said to be half-brothers at the beginning of the series in the episode "'''''Garurumon'''''", but that was a dialogue mistake, as it was proven during the [[Myotismon]] saga that T.K.'s mother is also Matt's mother, and his father was Matt's father. Matt was voiced by [[Yuuto Kazama]] (Japan) and [[Michael Reisz]] (US). Matt is the bearer of the Crest of Friendship.
== History ==


==Prelude to Digimon Adventure==
{{RomanMilitary}}
He witnessed the [[Greymon]]/[[Parrotmon]] fight and that's how he became a Digidestined.


Matt's parents divorced before the events of ''Digimon Adventure''. His father took him while his mother took his brother, T.K. He and his father moved to [[Odaiba]], where his father works as a consultant at the [[Fuji Television|Fuji TV]] Network, Inc. building.
The term "Praetorian" derived from the tent of the commanding general or [[praetor]] of a [[Roman army]] in the field&mdash;the ''[[praetorium]]''. It was a habit of many Roman generals to choose from the ranks a private force of soldiers to act as guards of the tent or the person. They consisted of both infantry and cavalry. In time, this [[cohort (military unit)|cohort]] came to be known as the ''cohors praetoria'', and various notable figures possessed one, including [[Julius Caesar]], [[Mark Antony]] and [[Augustus]] (Octavian). As Caesar discovered with the [[Legio X Equestris|Legio X ''Equestris'']], a powerful unit more dangerous than its fellow legions was desirable in the field. When Augustus became the first ruler of the [[Roman Empire]] in 27 BC, he decided such a formation was useful not only on the battlefield but in politics also. Thus, from the ranks of the legions throughout the provinces, Augustus recruited the Praetorian Guard. <!-- The Praetorian Guard were the only body of armed soldiers permitted south of the [[Rubicon]], a river which marked the northern boundary of [[Italy]]. {{fact|date=July 2007}} See Talk:Praetorian Guard#South of the Rubicon? -->


==Digimon Adventure==
=== Original form of the Guard ===
[[Image:Matt Ishida.jpeg|thumb|left|Yamato "Matt" Ishida in Season 1]]
Matt has served an odd role during the first season. He was one of the best friends of the group leader [[Taichi Kamiya|Tai]], but he was also his rival, which led to a large internal conflict throughout the show and climaxed at the end of the season. It was mainly over whether or not Tai was a better older brother to [[T.K. Takaishi|T.K.]] than he was, and whether he was a better person than Matt. Matt was much more protective and concerned about the group as a whole, causing more conflict compared to Tai's head-first strategy.


He is the holder of the Crest of Friendship (友情の紋章 ''yūjō no monshō''), which activated when [[Joe Kido|Joe]] risked his life to save T.K. from a [[Vegiemon]] and was then being strangled by it. Matt remembered how he had berated Joe earlier for constantly making mistakes and keeping them both stuck working in a diner to pay off the bill for Joe's meal, especially his accusation that Joe was making these mistakes on purpose. Realizing that, he also realized that he could not win his battles alone (a revelation that was finalized in his mind much later in the series) and needed the help of everyone, including Joe.
The group that was formed initially differed greatly from the later Guard, which would stoop to [[assassination|assassinate]] Emperors. While Augustus understood the need to have a protector in the maelstrom of [[Rome]], he was careful to uphold the Republican veneer of his regime. Thus he allowed only nine [[cohort]]s to be formed, originally of 500, then increased to 1,000 men each, and only three were kept on duty at any given time in the capital. A small number of detached cavalry units (''turmae'' (sing. ''turma'') of 30 men each were also organized. While they patrolled inconspicuously in the palace and major buildings, the others were stationed in the towns surrounding Rome; no threats were possible from these individual cohorts. This system was not radically changed with the appointment by [[Augustus]] in 2 BC of two [[Praetorian prefect]]s, [[Quintus Ostorius Scapula]] and [[Publius Salvius Aper]], although organization and command were improved.


When they were in the real world, one of Matt's turning points was when he and TK meet Pumpkinmon and Gotsumon, whose deaths at the hands of [[Myotismon]] hit Matt hard as expresses rage for such a horrible act. When the DigiDestined traveled back into the Real World, he had one encounter with his mother, which did not go well. Although T.K. was ecstatic to have his whole family together (if only for a minute), Matt refused to say much more than "Hi Mom" to her. This encounter revealed lingering resentments in him that continue even after he returns to the Digital World.
Augustus's death on [[August 19]], [[14]], marked the end of the Praetorian calm. Augustus would be the sole emperor who could command the Praetorians' complete loyalty. From his death, the Praetorians would serve whatever ends they believed were to their personal benefit. Through the machinations of their ambitious prefect, [[Sejanus|Lucius Aelius Sejanus]], the Guard was brought from the Italian barracks into Rome itself. In 23, Sejanus convinced [[Tiberius]] to have the [[Castra Praetoria]] (the camp of the Praetorians) built just outside of Rome. One of these cohorts held the daily guard at the imperial palace. Henceforth the entire Guard was at the disposal of the emperors, but the rulers were now equally at the mercy of the Praetorians. The reality of this was seen in 31 when [[Tiberius]] was forced to rely upon his own ''cohors praetoria'' against partisans of Sejanus. Although the Praetorian Guard proved faithful to the aging Tiberius, their potential political power had been made clear.


Upon returning to the Digital World, he became angry when he thought T.K. no longer needed him and decided to leave the group for a while. He was persuaded by [[Cherrymon]] that Tai was his enemy and his psychological hinderance, which culminated into a major fight between them. Though the fight ended because of Kari's posession, Matt decided to leave the group and find himself. He returned briefly to save the group from [[Puppetmon]] before disappearing again. Towards the end of the series, he ended up a cave created from the darkness of his personal doubts, realizing the his parents' divorce broke his heart and made him resort to solitude. He refused to let anyone see him cry, which caused him to push away from potential friends. Gabumon helped him to understand that everything would be all right, and he was valuable. Matt then rejoined the party just in time for the final battle.
While campaigning, the Praetorians were the equal of any formation in the Roman Army.{{Fact|date=January 2008}} Seldom used in the early reigns, they were quite active by 69. They fought well at the first [[battle of Bedriacum]] for [[Otho]]. Under [[Domitian]] and [[Trajan]], the guard took part in wars from [[Dacia]] to [[Mesopotamia]], while with [[Marcus Aurelius]], years were spent on the Danubian frontier. Throughout the 3rd century, the Praetorians assisted the emperors in various campaigns.


=== Political role ===
===Our War Game!===
When [[Diaboromon]] began his rampage over the Internet, Matt, wearing his black 02 outfit, was at his grandmother's place. He and T.K. rushed to town and enter a barbershop, the only place that had a computer, and connected to the Internet. With [[Taichi Kamiya|Tai]] and [[Agumon]] and help from [[Izzy Izumi|Izzy]], they both battled [[Diaboromon]]. T.K. was by his side, as was [[Gabumon]], in the form of [[MetalGarurumon]]. He and Tai entered the Internet unintentionally and with the help of all of the kids over the net, [[WarGreymon]] and MetalGarurumon were able to DNA Digivolve into [[Omnimon]]. Omnimon was able to defeat Diaboromon and Matt and Tai returned back home.


In May 2000, Matt arrived in the Digital World and gave up his Crest power to free the [[Digimon Sovereigns]]. As a result, Gabumon lost the power to become WereGarurumon and MetalGarurumon.
[[Image:Proclaiming claudius emperor.png|thumb|left|250px|''Proclaiming Claudius Emperor'', by [[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]], oil on canvas, ''c.'' 1867. According to one version of the story of [[Claudius]]' ascension to the role of Emperor, members of the Praetorian Guard found him hiding behind a curtain in the aftermath of the murder of [[Caligula]] in 41, and proclaimed him emperor.]]
Following the death of [[Sejanus]], who was sacrificed for the [[Donativum]] (imperial gift) promised by Tiberius, the Guards began to play an increasingly ambitious and bloody game in the Empire. With the right amount of money, or at will, they assassinated emperors, bullied their own [[Praetorian prefect|prefects]], or turned on the people of Rome. In 41 [[Caligula]] was killed by conspirators from the senatorial class and from the Guard. The Praetorians placed [[Claudius]] on the throne, daring the Senate to oppose their decision.


===Digimon Adventure Original Story Ninenhan no Kyuuka ===
During 69, the [[Year of the Four Emperors]], after the emperor [[Galba]] failed to provide a donative for the Praetorians, they transferred their allegiance to [[Otho]] and assassinated the emperor. Otho acquiesced in the Praetorians' demands and granted them the right to appoint their own prefects, ensuring their loyalty. After defeating Otho, [[Vitellius]] disbanded the guard and established a new one sixteen cohorts strong. [[Vespasian]] relied in the war against Vitellius upon the disgruntled cohorts the emperor had dismissed, and reduced the number of cohorts back to nine upon becoming emperor himself. As a further safeguard, he appointed his son, [[Titus]] as [[Praetorian Prefect]].<ref>Bingham, pp. 118&ndash;122.</ref>
On the Original Story Music and CD Drama, track 7 "Bass wo Hiki Nagara", set in March 2002, looks at Yamato theme as well as a short story of the creation of Yamato's band. Yamato had a conversation with his father, only to find out he was part of a band in his youth (he didn't sing, though; he only played bass). While Yamato tried to learn more about musical genres, he started playing his father's bass guitar, and they talked about the movie "[[I Was a Teenage Werewolf]]", and he reminded his father about Gabumon's evolutions (Garurumon looks like a wolf, and WereGarurumon is the one who looks like a werewolf).


He informed his father that his mother was writing a report about what took place in 1999, although she wouldn't mention the Chosen Children.
While the Guard had the power to kill off emperors, it had no role in government administration, unlike the personnel of the palace, the Senate, and the bureaucracy. Often after an outrageous act of violence, revenge by the new ruler was forthcoming. In 193, [[Didius Julianus]] purchased the Empire from the Guard for a vast sum, when the Guard auctioned it off after killing [[Pertinax]]. Later that year [[Septimius Severus]] marched into Rome, disbanded the Praetorians and started a new formation from his own Pannonian Legions. Unruly mobs in Rome fought often with the Praetorians in [[Maximinus Thrax]]'s reign in vicious street battles.


Later, Yamato recalled that when his parents separated and couldn't decide who would stay with whom, it was he who choose to go with his father, so that his little brother could stay with his mother. He thought about the way he always liked to make his own decisions, even though that could keep him from making friends. In the end, he concluded that, thanks to Gabumon, he had realized that he wasn't right and that he wasn't alone anymore.
In 271, [[Aurelian]] sailed east to destroy the power of [[Palmyra, Syria]], with a force of legionary detachments, Praetorian cohorts, and other cavalry units. The Palmyrenes were easily defeated. This led to the orthodox view that [[Diocletian]] and his colleagues evolved the ''sacer comitatus'' (the field escort of the emperors), which included field units that utilized a selection process and command structure modeled after the old Praetorian cohorts, but was not of uniform composition and was much larger than a Praetorian cohort.


==Digimon Adventure 02==
=== Guard's twilight years ===
[[Image:02matt4.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Matt in Digimon Adventure 02 (season 2)]]
After the end of the first season, at the age of fourteen, Matt became the vocalist and bass player for a rock band called the Teenage Wolves. He was very popular and girls were always running up to him wanting his autograph, much to his dismay. One of his biggest fans was the older sister of [[Davis Motomiya|Davis]], Jun Motomiya, who constantly pursued him in the storyline. One time, when Matt was going to tell the Motomiyas that Davis was going to be gone for a little while, Jun said that she knew he was lying, and blackmailed him into going on a date. She also wanted to go camping with him, but he told her to close her eyes and left her behind; she later tracked him down at the campground itself.


His friendship with Tai changed considerably: while there was still a note of rivalry, it was a rivalry based on friendship, with mutual respect for each other. At one point when Tai felt he had let down [[Agumon]], Matt punched him in the face to snap him out of it. Unlike in the previous season, Tai said, "I needed that."
In 284, [[Diocletian]] reduced the status of the Praetorians; they were no longer to be part of palace life, as Diocletian lived in [[Nicomedia]], some 60 miles (100&nbsp;km) from [[Byzantium]] in [[Asia Minor]]. Two new corps, the [[Herculians|Jovians and Herculians]] (named after the gods Jove, or Jupiter, and Hercules, associated with the senior and junior emperor), replaced the Praetorians as the personal protectors of the emperors, a practice that remained intact with the [[tetrarchy]]. By the time Diocletian retired on [[May 1]], [[305]], their [[Castra Praetoria]] seems to have housed only a minor garrison of Rome.


In the final episode epilogue in 2027, Matt grew up to become an astronaut (being the first person on Mars), is married to Sora and has two children with a Tsunomon and a Yokomon.
The final act of the Praetorians in imperial history started in 306, when [[Maxentius]], son of the retired emperor [[Maximian]], was passed over as a successor: the troops took matters into their own hands and elevated him to the position of emperor in Italy on [[October 28]]. [[Caesar (title)|Caesar]] [[Flavius Valerius Severus]], following the orders of [[Galerius]], attempted to disband the Guard but only managed to lead the rest of them in revolting and joining Maxentius. When [[Constantine I of the Roman Empire|Constantine the Great]], launching an invasion of Italy in 312, forced a final confrontation at the [[Battle of Milvian Bridge|Milvian Bridge]], the Praetorian cohorts made up most of Maxentius' army. Later in Rome, the victorious Constantine definitively disbanded the Praetorian Guard. The soldiers were sent out to various corners of the Empire, and the [[Castra Praetoria]] was demolished. For over 300 years they had served, and the destruction of their fortress was a grand gesture, inaugurating a new age of imperial history and ending that of the Praetorians.


===Hurricane Touchdown/Supreme Evolution! The Golden Digimentals===
== Legacy of the Guard ==
He regressed in age thanks to [[Wendigomon]].
Although its name has become synonymous with intrigue, conspiracy, disloyalty and assassination, it could be argued that for the first two centuries of its existence the Praetorian Guard was, on the whole, a positive force in the Roman state. During this time it mostly removed (or allowed the removal of) cruel, weak, and unpopular emperors while generally supporting just, strong, and popular ones. By protecting these monarchs, thus extending their reigns, and also by keeping the disorders of the mobs of Rome and the intrigues of the Senate in line, the Guard helped give the empire a much needed stability that contributed to the period known as the ''[[Pax Romana]]''.
Only after the reign of [[Marcus Aurelius]], when this period is generally considered to have ended, did the guard began to deteriorate into the ruthless, mercenary and meddling force for which it has become infamous. However, during the [[Severan dynasty]] and afterwards during the [[Crisis of the Third Century]], the legions, the Senate, and the emperorship along with the rest of Roman government were falling into decadence and decline as well.


===Michi e no Armor Shinka===
==Relationships between emperors and their Guard==
During a plan to distract [[Boltmon]] via tap-dancing, Tai confessed that he had romantic feelings for Sora.


===Revenge of Diaboromon===
{| class="wikitable"
Matt and Tai defeat [[Diaboromon]]/[[Armageddemon]], with Gabumon and Agumon digivolving together to form [[Omnimon]]. He was still good friends with Tai and the rest of the [[DigiDestined]]. At the beginning, a picture of Matt and Sora whilst on a date, is seen. <ref name="Digimon"> {{cite web|title= Revenge Of Diaboromon|url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=A3VQ4vir33k}} </ref> Matt and Tai first travel onto the internet to try to defeat Diaboromon, but the battle moves to earth when the Kuramons escape into the real world. Later, he, Tai, and Sora lift up their Digivices to help give power to Imperialdramon so that he can defeat [[Armageddemon]].
! Emperor
! Year
! Relationship with the Guard
|-
| [[Augustus]]
| 27 BC - AD 14
| Created the Praetorian Guard, commanded their complete loyalty
|-
| [[Tiberius]]
| 14 - 37
| Allowed Sejanus to gain power as the [[Praetorian prefect|Guard prefect]] particularly through allowing him sole (as opposed to joint) control and by allowing him to concentrate the guard in a single camp. Tiberius then had him executed and replaced him with Macro
|-
| [[Gaius Caligula]]
| 37 - 41
| Accession smoothed by popularity with Macro, the [[Praetorian Prefect]] he later executed. Murdered by the Guard
|-
| [[Claudius]]
| 41 - 54
| Proclaimed emperor by the Guard and defended by them when in difficulty e.g. Messalina and Gaius Silius' attempted coup. Began the process of formalised accession donatives on a large scale and his coinage reflects the fact with coin captioned imper.recep i.e. "position of emperor received from" with a picture of the Praetorian camp on.
|-
| [[Nero]]
| 54 - 68
| Deserted by the Guard<ref>[[Suetonius]], ''[[Lives of the Twelve Caesars#Life of Nero|Nero]]'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Nero*.html#47 47.1&ndash;2]; [[Cassius Dio|Dio]] [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/63*.html#27.2.b 63.26.2b].</ref>
|-
| [[Galba]]
| 68 - 69
| Murdered by the Guard whose accession donative, promised on his behalf by Tigellinus and Otho, he refused to pay.
|-
| [[Otho]]
| 69
| Elevated by the Guard who fought ferociously for him at Cremona before he committed suicide
|-
| [[Vitellius]]
| 69
| Deposed by the Guard then executed
|-
| [[Vespasian]]
| 69 - 79
| Reduced the size of the Guard after victory in 69<ref>Bingham, p. 122 and n. 13.</ref>
|-
| [[Titus]]
| 79 - 81
| Served as [[Praetorian prefect]], then as emperor
|-
| [[Domitian]]
| 81 - 96
| His election was supported by the Guard who remained loyal to him, especially as he increased the army's pay. Killed by his influential palace freedmen.
|-
| [[Nerva]]
| 96 - 98
| Humiliated by his Guard and forced(?) to adopt Marcus Ulpius Traianus, a military strong man, as colleague and successor
|-
| [[Trajan]]
| 98 - 117
| Executed the Guard officers who led the rebellion against Nerva.
|-
| [[Hadrian]]
| 117 - 138
| Founded the [[Frumentarii]]
|-
| [[Antoninus Pius]]
| 138 - 161
|
|-
| [[Marcus Aurelius]]
| 161 - 180
| Made use of the Guard in his war against the [[Germania|Germanian Tribes]].
|-
| [[Lucius Verus]]
| 161 - 169
|
|-
| [[Commodus]]
| 180 - 192
| Bribed the guard and had their loyalty
|-
| [[Pertinax]]
| 193
| Assassinated by the Guard
|-
| [[Didius Julianus]]
| 193
| Purchased the Empire from the Guard but was later deserted by them
|-
| [[Septimius Severus]]
| 193 - 211
| Disbanded the Guard and created a new one from the Danubian Legions
|-
| [[Caracalla]]
| 211 - 217
| Murdered in a plot by his Prefect, [[Macrinus]]
|-
| [[Macrinus]]
| 217 - 218
|
|-
| [[Elagabalus]]
| 218 - 222
| Murdered in the [[Castra Praetoria]] by the Guard
|-
| [[Alexander Severus]]
| 222 - 235
| Elevated by the Guard
|-
| [[Maximinus Thrax]]
| 235 - 238
|
|-
| [[Gordian I]]
| 238
|
|-
| [[Gordian II]]
| 238
|
|-
| [[Balbinus]]
| 238
| Murdered by the Guard
|-
| [[Pupienus]]
| 238
| Murdered by the Guard
|-
| [[Gordian III]]
| 238 - 244
| Proclaimed emperor by the Guard but killed by his Prefect, [[Philip the Arab]]
|-
| [[Philip the Arab]]
| 244 - 249
|
|-
| [[Decius]]
| 249 - 251
|
|-
| [[Herennius Etruscus]]
| 251
|
|-
| [[Hostilian]]
| 251
|
|-
| [[Trebonianus Gallus]]
| 251-253
|
|-
| [[Aemilianus]]
| 253
|
|-
| [[Publius Licinius Valerianus]]
| 253-260
|
|-
| [[Gallienus]]
| 260-268
|
|-
| [[Claudius II]]
| 268-270
|
|-
| [[Quintillus]]
| 270
|
|-
| [[Aurelian]]
| 270-275
| Murdered by the Guard
|-
| [[Marcus Claudius Tacitus]]
| 275-276
|
|-
| [[Florianus]]
| 276
|
|-
| [[Probus]]
| 276 - 282
| Murdered by Praetorian troops after a revolt
|-
| [[Carus]]
| 282-283
|
|-
| [[Carinus]]
| 283-285
|
|-
| [[Numerian]]
| 283-284
|
|-
| [[Diocletian]]
| 284 - 305
| Effectively broke the power of the Praetorians
|-
| [[Maximian]]
| 286 - 305, 307 - 308
|
|-
| [[Galerius]]
| 305-311
|
|-
| [[Constantius Chlorus]]
| 305-306
|
|-
| [[Flavius Valerius Severus]]
| 306-307
|
|-
| [[Maxentius]]
| 306-312
| Last emperor to command the guard
|-
| [[Constantine I]]
| 306-337
| Disbanded the Guard and destroyed the [[Castra Praetoria]]
|}


==Trivia==
==Organization and conditions of service==
{{Trivia|date=December 2007}}
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* Matt and T.K.'s given names, Yamato and Takeru, are a reference to [[Yamato Takeru]], a figure in Japanese legend.
Although the Praetorians have similarities, they are unlike any of the regular [[Roman legion|Legions]] of the [[Roman Empire]]. Their nine [[cohorts]] (one less than a legion) were larger, the pay and benefits were better, and its military abilities were reliable. They also received gifts of money called [[Donativum]] from the emperors. As conceived by Augustus, the Praetorian cohorts totaled around 9,000 men, recruited from the legions of the regular army or drawn from the most deserving youths in [[Etruria]], [[Umbria]], and [[Latium]] (three provinces in central Italy). Over time the pool of recruits expanded to [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]], [[Hispania Baetica]], [[Hispania Tarraconensis]], [[Lusitania]] and [[Illyricum]]. [[Vitellius]] formed a new Guard out of the [[Germanic tribes|Germanic]] legions, while [[Septimus Severus]] did the same with the [[Pannonia]]n legions. He also chose replacements for the units' ranks from throughout the Roman Empire.
*Matt's father seems to be the only one of the parents who is fully aware of his sons' activities in the Digital World throughout seasons one and two; in several places, he actually helps to cover for them.
* Matt has two Japanese image songs, "Walk on the Edge" and "Negai Kanaeru Kagi" ("The Key to Granting Wishes") as well as a third one sung with Gabumon (Yamaguchi Mayumi) called "Oretachi no Melody" ("Our Melody").
* In addition, a single has been released in Japan, (4/4/2001), of the song "Tobira" ("Door"), which Matt's band sung in a concert in one episode (It was dubbed as "I Turn Around" and was recorded by [[Michael Reisz]]), as well as another called "Hitoribocchi no Seesaw" ("Lone Seesaw") as a B-track.


{{Digimon01}}
Around the time of [[Augustus]] (c. 5) each cohort of the Praetorians numbered 1,000 men, increasing to a high-water mark of 1,500 men. As with the normal legions, the body of troops actually ready for service was much smaller. Tacitus reports that the number of cohorts was increased to twelve from nine in 47. In 69 it was briefly increased to sixteen cohorts by [[Vitellius]], but [[Vespasian]] quickly reduced it again to nine.<ref>Bingham, pp. 121&ndash;122.</ref> Finally in 101 their number was increased once more to ten, resulting in a force of 5,000 troops, whose status was at least elite.


==References==
The training of guardsmen was more intense than in the legions because of the amount of free time available, when a cohort was not posted or traveling with the emperor. The Guard followed the same lines as those elsewhere. Equipment and armour were also the same with one notable exception &mdash; specially decorated breastplates, excellent for [[parade]]s and state functions. Insignia of the "Moon and Stars" and the "Scorpion" were particularly associated with the Praetorians. Thus, each guardsman possessed two suits of [[armor]], one for Roman duty and one for the field.

The Praetorians received substantially higher pay<ref>{{cite web |title=Roman Economy - Prices in Ancient Rome
|url=http://www.ancientcoins.biz/pages/economy/ |publisher=ANCIENTCOINS>BIZ |accessdate=2007-06-13}}</ref> than other Roman soldiers in any of the legions, on a system known as ''sesquiplex stipendum'', or by pay-and-a-half. So if the legionnaires received 225 [[Denarius|denarii]], the guards received 375 per annum. [[Domitian]] and [[Septimius Severus]] increased the ''stipendum'' (payment) to 1,500 denarii per year, distributed in January, May and September.

On special occasions they received special [[donativum]] from the emperor.

Upon retiring, a soldier of the Praetorians was granted 20,000 [[Sestertius|sesterces]] (5,000 denarii), a gift of land, and a diploma reading "to the [[warrior]] who bravely and faithfully completed his service." Many chose to enter the ''[[Evocati]]'', while others reenlisted in the hopes of gaining further promotion and other possible high positions in the Roman state.

==Imperial Horseguard==

From its beginnings, the guard usually included a small cavalry detachment, ''equites singulares augusti'', to escort the emperors to important state functions and on military campaigns. It was comprised chiefly of selected, highly trusted provincials, who wore their native dress and carried their own weapons. Trajan expanded this force, opening it up to citizens and made it a permanent part of the Praetorian establishment. Its size was that of an ''ala quingenaria'' or about 512 horsemen in 16 [[turmae]] (troops). It was commanded by a Tribune, and so was, in effect a 10th Praetorian cohort. Later, Severus would double its size to an ''ala milliaria'', giving it the same strength as the other nine cohorts.[http://www.roman-empire.net/army/army.html#horseguard]

==Rank and file==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Ranks of the Praetorian Guard, in ascending order
|-
! style="text-align: left;" | [[Milites]]
| Regular soldiers
|-
! style="text-align: left;" | [[Immunes]]
| After five years these soldiers were allowed to serve in the ''Equites singulares'' (cavalry branch) or as ''Speculatores'' (special agents)
|-
! style="text-align: left;" | [[Principales]]
| Legionary administrators
|-
! style="text-align: left;" | [[Evocatus|Evocati]]
| After 16 years of service, retirement was possible but most soldiers chose to stay in this honorary unit.
|-
! style="text-align: left;" | [[Centurion]]es
| Soldiers transferred to the Praetorian Guard after service in the legions, the [[Vigiles]] or the [[Urban Cohort]]
|-
! style="text-align: left;" | [[Tribunus|Tribuni]]
| These officers also from the legions and usually of the Equestrian class, commanded a cohort. Centurions could rarely be promoted to the Tribuneship
|-
! style="text-align: left;" | [[Procuratores]]
| A rank of the [[Equites|Equestrians]]
|-
! style="text-align: left;" | [[Praefectus]]
| Available to the Vigiles and urban cohorts; the highest rank in the Praetorian Guard, head of the Praetorian Guard
|}

*Prefect(s) in command of the Praetorian Guard
''See the article [[Praetorian prefect]],'' which also lists the incumbents of the post of ''Praefectus praetorio'' and covers the essentially civilian second life of the office, since ca 300, as administrator of a quarter of the empire), and its Germanic continuation

==Reception history==
In Modern English, the phrase "praetorian guard(s)" designates an exclusive, unconditionally loyal group personally attached to powerful people, especially dictators such as [[Napoleon I]]'s [[Imperial Guard]], [[Adolf Hitler]]'s [[SS]] troops or Romania's former communist leader [[Nicolae Ceauşescu|Ceauşescu]]'s [[Securitate]]. [[Jeremy Scahill]] refers to [[Blackwater USA]] as the Praetorian Guard of the [[George W. Bush administration]]. However, the term is also used in unarmed, even private contexts: for example, a corporate officer or politician may have a small group of associates or followers whom a [[journalist]] may describe as a "praetorian guard." Such use is often [[pejorative]], meant to indicate that the followers are fanatics or extremists and/or that the leader is tyrannical or paranoid. ''Praetorianism'' is used to mean the advocacy or practice of [[military dictatorship]]. [[John Stockwell]], a former member of the CIA, used the title ''The Praetorian Guard'' for his book about the negative aspects of U.S. foreign policy.

The Praetorian Guard features in the 2000 film ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'' and the TV-film Age of Treason (Columbia 1993). The Guard's soldiers appear as infantry units in ''[[Civilization IV]]'', ''[[Rome: Total War]]'' and ''[[Travian]]''.

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Yamato "Matt" Ishida
Digimon character
File:Char-yamato.jpg
Matt in Digimon Adventure (season 1)
First appearanceEpisode 01, "And so it Begins..."
Last appearance"A Million Points of Light"
In-universe information
SpouseSora Takenouchi

Yamato "Matt" Ishida (石田 ヤマト, Ishida Yamato) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02.

Matt, one of the original DigiDestined, starts out as a secretive loner whose Digimon partner is Gabumon. His younger brother, T.K. Takaishi, is also one of the eight DigiDestined. He is very protective of T.K., and often acts harshly when he (T.K.) is in trouble. In the English language dub, the two were said to be half-brothers at the beginning of the series in the episode "Garurumon", but that was a dialogue mistake, as it was proven during the Myotismon saga that T.K.'s mother is also Matt's mother, and his father was Matt's father. Matt was voiced by Yuuto Kazama (Japan) and Michael Reisz (US). Matt is the bearer of the Crest of Friendship.

Prelude to Digimon Adventure

He witnessed the Greymon/Parrotmon fight and that's how he became a Digidestined.

Matt's parents divorced before the events of Digimon Adventure. His father took him while his mother took his brother, T.K. He and his father moved to Odaiba, where his father works as a consultant at the Fuji TV Network, Inc. building.

Digimon Adventure

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Yamato "Matt" Ishida in Season 1

Matt has served an odd role during the first season. He was one of the best friends of the group leader Tai, but he was also his rival, which led to a large internal conflict throughout the show and climaxed at the end of the season. It was mainly over whether or not Tai was a better older brother to T.K. than he was, and whether he was a better person than Matt. Matt was much more protective and concerned about the group as a whole, causing more conflict compared to Tai's head-first strategy.

He is the holder of the Crest of Friendship (友情の紋章 yūjō no monshō), which activated when Joe risked his life to save T.K. from a Vegiemon and was then being strangled by it. Matt remembered how he had berated Joe earlier for constantly making mistakes and keeping them both stuck working in a diner to pay off the bill for Joe's meal, especially his accusation that Joe was making these mistakes on purpose. Realizing that, he also realized that he could not win his battles alone (a revelation that was finalized in his mind much later in the series) and needed the help of everyone, including Joe.

When they were in the real world, one of Matt's turning points was when he and TK meet Pumpkinmon and Gotsumon, whose deaths at the hands of Myotismon hit Matt hard as expresses rage for such a horrible act. When the DigiDestined traveled back into the Real World, he had one encounter with his mother, which did not go well. Although T.K. was ecstatic to have his whole family together (if only for a minute), Matt refused to say much more than "Hi Mom" to her. This encounter revealed lingering resentments in him that continue even after he returns to the Digital World.

Upon returning to the Digital World, he became angry when he thought T.K. no longer needed him and decided to leave the group for a while. He was persuaded by Cherrymon that Tai was his enemy and his psychological hinderance, which culminated into a major fight between them. Though the fight ended because of Kari's posession, Matt decided to leave the group and find himself. He returned briefly to save the group from Puppetmon before disappearing again. Towards the end of the series, he ended up a cave created from the darkness of his personal doubts, realizing the his parents' divorce broke his heart and made him resort to solitude. He refused to let anyone see him cry, which caused him to push away from potential friends. Gabumon helped him to understand that everything would be all right, and he was valuable. Matt then rejoined the party just in time for the final battle.

Our War Game!

When Diaboromon began his rampage over the Internet, Matt, wearing his black 02 outfit, was at his grandmother's place. He and T.K. rushed to town and enter a barbershop, the only place that had a computer, and connected to the Internet. With Tai and Agumon and help from Izzy, they both battled Diaboromon. T.K. was by his side, as was Gabumon, in the form of MetalGarurumon. He and Tai entered the Internet unintentionally and with the help of all of the kids over the net, WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon were able to DNA Digivolve into Omnimon. Omnimon was able to defeat Diaboromon and Matt and Tai returned back home.

In May 2000, Matt arrived in the Digital World and gave up his Crest power to free the Digimon Sovereigns. As a result, Gabumon lost the power to become WereGarurumon and MetalGarurumon.

Digimon Adventure Original Story Ninenhan no Kyuuka

On the Original Story Music and CD Drama, track 7 "Bass wo Hiki Nagara", set in March 2002, looks at Yamato theme as well as a short story of the creation of Yamato's band. Yamato had a conversation with his father, only to find out he was part of a band in his youth (he didn't sing, though; he only played bass). While Yamato tried to learn more about musical genres, he started playing his father's bass guitar, and they talked about the movie "I Was a Teenage Werewolf", and he reminded his father about Gabumon's evolutions (Garurumon looks like a wolf, and WereGarurumon is the one who looks like a werewolf).

He informed his father that his mother was writing a report about what took place in 1999, although she wouldn't mention the Chosen Children.

Later, Yamato recalled that when his parents separated and couldn't decide who would stay with whom, it was he who choose to go with his father, so that his little brother could stay with his mother. He thought about the way he always liked to make his own decisions, even though that could keep him from making friends. In the end, he concluded that, thanks to Gabumon, he had realized that he wasn't right and that he wasn't alone anymore.

Digimon Adventure 02

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Matt in Digimon Adventure 02 (season 2)

After the end of the first season, at the age of fourteen, Matt became the vocalist and bass player for a rock band called the Teenage Wolves. He was very popular and girls were always running up to him wanting his autograph, much to his dismay. One of his biggest fans was the older sister of Davis, Jun Motomiya, who constantly pursued him in the storyline. One time, when Matt was going to tell the Motomiyas that Davis was going to be gone for a little while, Jun said that she knew he was lying, and blackmailed him into going on a date. She also wanted to go camping with him, but he told her to close her eyes and left her behind; she later tracked him down at the campground itself.

His friendship with Tai changed considerably: while there was still a note of rivalry, it was a rivalry based on friendship, with mutual respect for each other. At one point when Tai felt he had let down Agumon, Matt punched him in the face to snap him out of it. Unlike in the previous season, Tai said, "I needed that."

In the final episode epilogue in 2027, Matt grew up to become an astronaut (being the first person on Mars), is married to Sora and has two children with a Tsunomon and a Yokomon.

Hurricane Touchdown/Supreme Evolution! The Golden Digimentals

He regressed in age thanks to Wendigomon.

Michi e no Armor Shinka

During a plan to distract Boltmon via tap-dancing, Tai confessed that he had romantic feelings for Sora.

Revenge of Diaboromon

Matt and Tai defeat Diaboromon/Armageddemon, with Gabumon and Agumon digivolving together to form Omnimon. He was still good friends with Tai and the rest of the DigiDestined. At the beginning, a picture of Matt and Sora whilst on a date, is seen. [1] Matt and Tai first travel onto the internet to try to defeat Diaboromon, but the battle moves to earth when the Kuramons escape into the real world. Later, he, Tai, and Sora lift up their Digivices to help give power to Imperialdramon so that he can defeat Armageddemon.

Trivia

  • Matt and T.K.'s given names, Yamato and Takeru, are a reference to Yamato Takeru, a figure in Japanese legend.
  • Matt's father seems to be the only one of the parents who is fully aware of his sons' activities in the Digital World throughout seasons one and two; in several places, he actually helps to cover for them.
  • Matt has two Japanese image songs, "Walk on the Edge" and "Negai Kanaeru Kagi" ("The Key to Granting Wishes") as well as a third one sung with Gabumon (Yamaguchi Mayumi) called "Oretachi no Melody" ("Our Melody").
  • In addition, a single has been released in Japan, (4/4/2001), of the song "Tobira" ("Door"), which Matt's band sung in a concert in one episode (It was dubbed as "I Turn Around" and was recorded by Michael Reisz), as well as another called "Hitoribocchi no Seesaw" ("Lone Seesaw") as a B-track.

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References

  1. ^ "Revenge Of Diaboromon".
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