The Roman Imperial German Bodyguard, also called the Germanic bodyguard, (Latin: Germani corporis custodes or Germani corpore custodes, in the literary sources also called the numerus Batavorum or cohors Germanorum) was a personal, imperial  guards unit for the Roman emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (30 BC - AD 68) composed of Germanic soldiers. Although the Praetorians may be considered the Roman Emperor's main bodyguard, the German Bodyguards were a unit of more personal guards recruited from distant parts of the Empire, so they had no political or personal connections with Rome or the provinces.