The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 1

Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1850

THE EXTENT AND MILITARY FORCE OF THE EMPIRE IN THE AGE	1

Imitated by his Successors	9

Cavalry	15

Gaul	21

CHAPTER II	53

Principles of Government	61

And by the Senate	62

Navigation	64

Indulgence of Marcus	276

Services Revolt Victory and Reign of the Emperor Decius	280

Triumph of the Emperor Probus	281

Discontent of the Army	290

His Reputation	298

PAGE	304

Maxentius declared Emperor at Rome	306

Power of the Roman Generals	312

Decline of Genius	72

Universal Spirit of Toleration	73

Of Philosophers	84

Adoption and Character of Trajan	96

CHAPTER V	101

PAGE	103

At Rome	107

Of Hadrian	117

PUBLIC SALE OF THE EMPIRE TO DIDIUS JULIANUS BY THE PRÆTO	124

Septimius Severus	133

67	147

CHAPTER VI	150

PAGE	153

Murder of Geta	159

PAGE	189

CHAPTER III	196

Revolt in Africa	203

OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE AGE OF	205

The Arts of Philip	207

Freedom of Rome	210

His Tyranny extended over the whole Empire	213

The Provinces	219

Idea of a Monarchy	226

Memory of Tiberius Caligula Nero and Domitian	227

Power of the Magi	236

Conquest of Osrhoene by the Romans	242

PAGE	247

Division of the Latin and the Greek Provinces	248

CHAPTER IV	249

Its Effects on the Natives	254

Their Indolence	260

More absolute over the Property than over the Persons of	266

Causes which checked the Progress of the Germans	272

A peaceful Interregnum of eight Months	275

168	326

CHAPTER XI	330

Defeat and Death of Macrinus	333

She revenges her Husbands Death	339

Most of the Roman Monuments for public Use	352

The Expedition of Aurelian	353

The Sentiments of the Senate and People	366

Picture of Elagabalus	369

Division of the Provinces between the Emperor and the Senate 78	386

Accession of the Emperor Commodus	389

Is wounded by an Assassin	399

Vices of Carinus	404

Acknowledged by the other Emperors	411

Conduct of Diocletian in Egypt	417

General Idea of the Imperial System	423

The Minister Perennis	427

Triumph of Diocletian and Maximian	431

Long Illness of Diocletian	442

Galerius invades Italy	443

CHAPTER XIV	451

Death of Constantius and Elevation of Constantine	457

Maximian gives his Daughter Fausta and the title of Augustus	463

His Death	486

Election of the Emperor Diocletian	487

PAGE	497

Reunion of the Empire	503

Pretended Victory of Alexander Severus	504

Its gradual Increase	509

The Ebionites	517

Abhorrence of the Christians for Idolatry	523

Doctrine of the Millennium	533

THE THIRD CAUSE Miraculous Powers of the Primitive	539

Character and Maxims of Artaxerxes	578

Titel	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 1 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Henry Hart Milman
Autor/in	Edward Gibbon
Herausgeber	Henry Hart Milman
Verlag	Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1850
Original von	University of California
Digitalisiert	25. Febr. 2009

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