Germanic bodyguard
... that the Germanic bodyguard were the Roman emperor's personal guards recruited from distant parts of the Empire, so they had no political or personal connections with Rome or the provinces?
... that the <b id="mwCZc"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Germanic_bodyguard" id="mwCZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Germanic bodyguard">Germanic bodyguard</a></b> were the <a href="./Roman_emperor" id="mwCZk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roman emperor">Roman emperor</a>'s <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Royal_Guard" id="mwCZo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Guard">personal guards</a> recruited from distant parts of the <a href="./Roman_Empire" id="mwCZs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roman Empire">Empire</a>, so they had no political or personal connections with Rome or the provinces?