The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 2

Ballantyne, 1828

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Gibbon's third volume of The Decline and Fall seems to stray from the purpose stated in volume one. I think he just got carried away by the sweep of history. The melodious style and easy learning are still present but I was suffering from Gibbon fatigue by the third volume and we were off course. Vollständige Rezension lesen

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A D	1

Page	4

Birth education and escape of Constantine	7

Defeat and death of Severus	15

His death	22

Civil war between Constantine and Maxentius	28

Page	32

His alliance with Licinius	42

Progress of the work	260

Division of the empire 352	268

or 334 Dedication	269

Page	273

Seven ministers of the palace	300

211_249 Of the successors of Severus	310

CHAPTER XVIII	324

Jealousy of Constantine	331

First civil war between them	49

The Gothic war	55

Reunion of the empire	63

Page	90

of the church	114

CHAPTER XVI	156

Christians by Nero	176

Trials of the Christians	187

His banishment	194

Alternatives of severity and toleration	204

Paul of Samosata his manners	213

Demolition of the church of Nicomedia	222

303_311 General idea of the persecution	231

End of the persecutions	240

CHAPTER XVII	247

The Gothic war	343

208	347

Death of Tiridates	355

Civil war and death of Constantine	361

Makes war against Magnentius	370

Last defeat and death of Magnentius	376

Gallus declared Cæsar	382

He is sent to Athens	391

Constantius visits Rome	398

The Persian negotiation	405

Siege of Singara	412

His first campaign in Gaul	419

His pagan superstition	438

Of Maximin Philip and Decius	444

Privilege of legislative assemblies	486

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Titel	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 2 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
Autor/in	Edward Gibbon
Verlag	Ballantyne, 1828
Original von	British Library
Digitalisiert	12. Juni 2018

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