Acknowledgments
List of Maps and Illustrations
Introduction
Critical Foreword
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Preface of the Author 3
1 The Extent of the Empire in the Age of the Antonines 11
2 Of the Internal Prosperity of the Roman Empire in the Age of the Antonines 19
3 The Constitution in the Age of the Antonines 38
4 The Cruelty, Follies, and Murder of Commodus 58
5 Sale of the Empire to Didius Julianus 70
6 Death of Severus, Tyranny of Caracalla, Usurpation of Macrinus 83
7 Tyranny of Maximin, Rebellion, Civil Wars, Death of Maximin 104
8 State of Persia and Restoration of the Monarchy 125
9 State of Germany Until the Barbarians 133
10 Emperors Decius, Gallus, Aemilianus, Valerian, and Gallienus 143
11 Reign of Claudius, Defeat of the Goths 164
12 Reigns of Tacitus, Probus, Carus, and His Sons 179
13 Reign of Diocletian and His Three Associates 195
14 Six Emperors at the Same Time, Reunion of the Empire 213
15 Progress of the Christian Religion 237
16 Conduct Towards the Christians, from Nero to Constantine 276
17 Foundation of Constantinople 317
18 Character of Constantine and His Sons 344
19 Constantius Sole Emperor 359
20 Conversion of Constantine 376
21 Persecution of Heresy, State of the Church 401
22 Julian Declared Emperor 425
23 Reign of Julian 436
24 The Retreat and Death of Julian 454
25 Reigns of Jovian and Valentinian, Division of the Empire 466
26 Progress of the Huns 490
27 Civil Wars, Reign of Theodosius 509
28 Destruction of Paganism 522
29 Division of Roman Empire Between Sons of Theodosius 540
30 Revolt of the Goths 546
31 Invasion of Italy, Occupation of Territories by Barbarians 563
32 Emperors Arcadius, Eutropius, Theodosius II 578
33 Conquest of Africa by the Vandals 594
34 Attila 604
35 Invasion by Attila 610
36 Total Extinction of the Western Empire 620
37 Conversion of the Barbarians to Christianity 643
38 Reign of Clovis 659
39 Gothic Kingdom of Italy 691
40 Reign of Justinian 699
41 Conquests of Justinian, Character of Belisarius 725
42 State of the Barbaric World 736
43 Last Victory and Death of Belisarius, Death of Justinian 747
44 Idea of the Roman Jurisprudence 762
45 State of Italy Under the Lombards 788
46 Troubles in Persia 800
47 Ecclesiastical Discord 815
48 Succession and Characters of the Greek Emperors 855
49 Conquest of Italy by the Franks 869
50 Description of Arabia and Its Inhabitants 893
51 Conquests by the Arabs 944
52 More Conquests by the Arabs 961
53 Fate of the Eastern Empire 982
54 Origin and Doctrine of the Paulicians 1003
55 The Bulgarians, the Hungarians, and the Russians 1012
56 The Saracens, the Franks, and the Normans 1020
57 The Turks 1029
58 The First Crusade 1047
59 The Crusades 1075
60 The Fourth Crusade 1094
61 Partition of the Empire by the French and Venetians 1104
62 Greek Emperors of Nice and Constantinople 1108
63 Civil Wars and the Ruin of the Greek Empire 1123
64 Moguls, Ottoman Turks 1136
65 Timour or Tamerlane 1153
66 Union of the Greek and Latin Churches 1169
67 Schism of the Greeks and Latins 1187
68 Reign of Mohammed the Second, Extinction of Eastern Empire 1197
69 State of Rome from the Twelfth Century 1219
70 Final Settlement of the Ecclesiastical State 1232
71 Prospect of the Ruins of Rome in the Fifteenth Century 1243
Table of Roman Emperors 1253
A Note on the Illustrations 1259