Early vs Late Bodyguards

[Caius]

I believe all you need for an armored general is an Imperial Palace.

Im sorry that, you are wrong SSJVegetaTrunks.

You need the Marian Reforms to have those late Bodyguards.

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

Woops, forgot about that, sorry. I think those are the only two requirements, though.

[Myrddraal]

You only need the imperial palace indirectly. You need an imperial palace to trigger the marian reforms

[Barbarossa82]

Yep, but the Marian Reforms must be triggered even for the non-Roman factions to get their late bodyguards.