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Imperial Guard
- In the Persian Empire (Achaemenid) imperial guard was called " The Immortals "and was among 10 000 men.
- In ancient Rome , emperors were protected by the Praetorian Guard
- In the Byzantine Empire : custody or Varangian guard Varangian
- In France:
- During the First Empire French, Napoleon I was protected by the Imperial Guard
- During the Second Empire , Napoleon III reinstated the Imperial Guard.
Other empires have possessed imperial guard:
- The Russian tsars had the Imperial Guard.
- In the German Empire , the first regiment of the Prussian Guard fulfills this function.
- Science-Fiction, one of the armies of Warhammer 40,000 is called the Imperial Guard.
