The Historians' History of the World in Twenty-Five Volumes, Volume 6
The Early Roman Empire
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THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Contributors, and Editorial Revisers.
CONTENTS
THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE: A SKETCH
THE WEALTH OF ROMAN INSCRIPTIONS
THE MEANING OF IMPERIAL ROMAN HISTORY
ROMAN INFLUENCE IN THE WEST
CONSTRUCTIVE FORCES OF THE EMPIRE
UNFULFILLED POSSIBILITIES
REFORMS OF AUGUSTUS
Taxation Reforms
THE EMPIRE AND THE PAGAN CREED
THE EMPIRE AND CHRISTIANITY
INEVITABLE DECAY
FOOTNOTES
BOOK II THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE
INTRODUCTION THE SCOPE, THE SOURCES, AND THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE HISTORY OF ROME UNDER THE EMPERORS
THE SOURCES OF IMPERIAL HISTORY
THE FIRST CENTURY OF EMPIRE: AUGUSTUS TO NERO (30 B.C.-68 A.D.)
THE SECOND CENTURY OF EMPIRE: GALBA TO MARCUS AURELIUS (68-180 A.D.)
THE THIRD CENTURY OF EMPIRE: COMMODUS TO CLAUDIUS II (180-270 A.D.)
THE FOURTH CENTURY OF EMPIRE: AURELIAN TO THEODOSIUS (270-395 A.D.)
THE WESTERN DOMINIONS IN THE FIFTH CENTURY OF EMPIRE (395-476 A.D.)
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXIX. THE EMPIRE AND THE PROVINCES
AUGUSTUS MAKES EGYPT HIS PRIVATE PROVINCE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROVINCES
ARMY AND NAVY UNDER AUGUSTUS
CHAPTER XXX. THE GERMAN PEOPLE AND THE EMPIRE
THE GERMAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AGAINST ROME
THE BATTLE OF TEUTOBURG FOREST
THE CAMPAIGNS OF GERMANICUS[3]
GERMANICUS RECALLED TO ROME
END OF MARBODUUS AND ARMINIUS
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXI. THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS—ASPECTS OF ITS CIVILISATION
EMPIRE IS PEACE
COMPARISON BETWEEN AUGUSTUS AND NAPOLEON III
THE ROMAN EMPIRE COMPARED WITH MODERN ENGLAND
THE ROMAN CONSTITUTION
AUGUSTUS NAMED IMPERATOR FOR LIFE
THE IMPERATOR NAMED PRINCEPS SENATUS AND PONTIFEX MAXIMUS
TIGHTENING THE REINS OF POWER
PANEM ET CIRCENSES—FOOD AND GAMES
NOVUM SECULUM—THE NEW BIRTH FOR ROME
LITERATURE OF THE GOLDEN AGE
MERIVALE’S ESTIMATE OF LIVY
LIVY AS THE ARTISTIC LIMNER OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE
THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXII. THE LAST YEARS OF AUGUSTUS
THE PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AUGUSTUS
A BRIEF RÉSUMÉ OF THE CHARACTER AND INFLUENCE OF AUGUSTUS
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS OF AUGUSTUS: TIBERIUS, CALIGULA, AND CLAUDIUS
Tiberius (Tiberius Claudius Nero Cæsar), 14-37 A.D.
Caligula (Caius Julius Cæsar Caligula), 37-41 A.D.
Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Drusus Cæsar), 41-54 A.D.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXIV. NERO: LAST EMPEROR OF THE HOUSE OF CÆSAR
Nero Claudius Cæsar Drusus Germanicus: 54-68 A.D.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXV. GALBA, OTHO, VITELLIUS, AND THE THREE FLAVIANS (68-96 A.D.)
Galba (Servius Sulpicius Galba), 68-69 A.D.
Otho (M. Salvius Otho), 69 A.D.
Vitellius (Aulus Vitellius), 69 A.D.
Vespasian (T. Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus), 69-70 A.D.
Titus (T. Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus II) 79-81 A.D.
Domitian (Titus Flavius Domitianus), 81-96 A.D.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS: NERVA TO MARCUS AURELIUS (96-180 A.D.)
Nerva (M. Cocceius Nerva), 96-98 A.D.
Trajan (M. Ulpius Trajanus Crinitus), 98-117 A.D.
Hadrian (P. ÆLius Hadrianus), 117-138 A.D.
Antoninus (Titus Aurelius Antoninus Pius), 138-161 A.D.
Marcus Aurelius (M. Ælius Aurelius Antoninus), 161-180 A.D.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE PAGAN CREEDS AND THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY
STOICISM AND THE EMPIRE
CHRISTIANS AND THE EMPIRE
THE CHRISTIAN AND THE JEW
RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLIES OF THE CHRISTIANS
CHRISTIANITY AND THE LAW
THE INFANCY OF THE CHURCH
PERSECUTIONS UNDER NERO
PERSECUTION UNDER TRAJAN AND THE ANTONINES
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXVIII. ASPECTS OF CIVILISATION OF THE FIRST TWO CENTURIES OF THE EMPIRE
THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
SUPPERS AND BANQUETS
THE CIRCLES
PUBLIC READINGS
LIBRARIES AND BOOK-MAKING
THE CEREMONY OF A ROMAN MARRIAGE
THE STATUS OF WOMEN
PATERNAL AUTHORITY AND ADOPTION: THE SLAVERY OF CHILDREN
THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY
GAMES AND RECREATIONS
SHEPPARD’S ESTIMATE OF THE GLADIATORIAL CONTEST
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXIX. A HALF CENTURY OF DECLINE: COMMODUS TO ALEXANDER SEVERUS
Commodus (180-192 A.D.)
Pertinax (P. Helvius Pertinax), 193 A.D.
Julianus (M. Didius Severus Julianus), 193 A.D.
Severus (L. Septimius Severus), 193-211 A.D.
Caracalla (M. Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla), 211-217 A.D.
Macrinus (M. Opilius Macrinus), 217-218 A.D.
Elagabalus (Narius Avibus Bassianus), 218-222 A.D.
Alexander Severus (M. Aurelius Alexander Severus), 222-235 A.D.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XL. CONFUSION WORSE CONFOUNDED: THE SECOND HALF OF THE THIRD CENTURY OF EMPIRE (235-285 A.D.)
Maximin (C. Julius Verus Maximinus), 235-238 A.D.
Rival Emperors, and the Death of Maximin
Pupienus (M. Clodius Pupienus Maximus), Balbinus (D. Cælius Balbinus), and Gordian (M. Antonius Gordianus), 238-244 A.D.
Philip (M. Julius Philippus), 244-249 A.D.
Decius (C. Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius), 249-251 A.D.
Gallus (C. Vibius Trebonianus Gallus), 251-253 A.D.
Æmilianus (C. Julius Æmilianus), 253 A.D.
Valerian (P. Licinius Valerianus) and Gallienus (P. Licinius Gallienus), 253-260 A.D.
Gallienus (P. Licinius Gallienus), 260-268 A.D.
Claudius (M. Aurelius Claudius), 268-270 A.D.
Aurelian (L. Domitius Aurelianus), 270-275 A.D.
Tacitus (M. Claudius Tacitus), 275-276 A.D.
Probus (M. Aurelius Probus), 276-282 A.D.
Carus, Numerianus, and Carinus (282-285 A.D.)
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XLI. NEW HOPE FOR THE EMPIRE: THE AGE OF DIOCLETIAN AND CONSTANTINE
DIOCLETIAN APPOINTS MAXIMIAN CO-REGENT
THE FOURFOLD DIVISION OF POWER
DIOCLETIAN PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS
ABDICATION OF DIOCLETIAN AND MAXIMIAN; THE TWO NEW CÆSARS
STRIFE AMONG THE RULERS
CONSTANTINE WARS WITH MAXENTIUS
STRUGGLE BETWEEN CONSTANTINE AND LICINIUS
THE LONG TRUCE BETWEEN THE EMPERORS; REFORMS OF CONSTANTINE
CONSTANTINE AND LICINIUS AGAIN AT WAR
CONSTANTINE, SOLE RULER, FOUNDS CONSTANTINOPLE
THE OLD METROPOLIS AND THE NEW: ROME AND CONSTANTINOPLE
CHARACTER OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
CONSTANTINE AND CRISPUS
THE HEIRS OF CONSTANTINE
THE AGED CONSTANTINE AND THE SARMATIANS
LAST DAYS OF CONSTANTINE
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XLII. THE SUCCESSORS OF CONSTANTINE TO THE DEATH OF JULIAN (337-363 A.D.)
WAR OF THE BROTHER EMPERORS
CONSTANTIUS AND MAGNENTIUS
CONSTANTIUS SOLE EMPEROR
THE FATE OF GALLUS
CONSTANTIUS AND JULIAN
THE QUADIAN AND SARMATIAN WARS
SAPOR’S INVASION OF MESOPOTAMIA
JULIAN IN GAUL
JULIAN REPULSES THE ALAMANNI AND THE FRANKS
EXPEDITION BEYOND THE RHINE
JULIAN AS CIVIC RULER
THE JEALOUSY OF CONSTANTIUS
JULIAN ACCLAIMED AUGUSTUS
CONSTANTIUS versus JULIAN
THE DEATH OF CONSTANTIUS; JULIAN SOLE EMPEROR
THE RELIGION OF JULIAN
JULIAN INVADES THE EAST
A BATTLE BY THE TIGRIS
THE PURSUIT OF SAPOR
JULIAN’S DEATH
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XLIII. JOVIAN TO THEODOSIUS (363-395 A.D.)
ELECTION OF JOVIAN (FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JOVIANUS)
SAPOR ASSAILS THE ROMANS
THE HUMILIATION OF THE ROMANS
VALENTINIAN AND VALENS
INVASION OF THE GOTHS IN THE EAST (375); BATTLE OF HADRIANOPOLIS AND DEATH OF VALENS (378)
VALENS MARCHES AGAINST THE GOTHS
THEODOSIUS NAMED AUGUSTUS
VIRTUES OF THEODOSIUS
TUMULT IN ANTIOCH
THE SEDITION OF THESSALONICA
THEODOSIUS AND AMBROSE
LAST DAYS OF THEODOSIUS
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XLIV. THE DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE (395)
ARCADIUS AND HONORIUS SUCCEED THEODOSIUS
ALARIC INVADES GREECE
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XLV. THE GOTHS IN ITALY
ALARIC INVADES ITALY
HONORIUS RETIRES TO RAVENNA; ATTALUS NAMED EMPEROR
ATTALUS DEPOSED; ROME SACKED BY ALARIC
DEATH OF ALARIC; SUCCESSION OF ATAWULF
CONSTANTINE AND GERONTIUS; CONSTANTIUS
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XLVI. THE HUNS AND THE VANDALS
THE GOTHIC HISTORIAN JORDANES ON THE BATTLE OF CHÂLONS
THE INVASION OF ITALY: THE FOUNDATION OF VENICE
THE RETREAT OF ATTILA
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XLVII. THE FALL OF ROME
THE BARBARIAN EMPEROR-MAKERS
A REVIEW OF THE BARBARIAN ADVANCE
A FULFILLED AUGURY
BREYSIG’S OBSERVATIONS ON THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE WEST
FOOTNOTES
APPENDIX A. HISTORY IN OUTLINE OF SOME LESSER NATIONS OF ASIA MINOR
THE KINGDOM OF PERGAMUS (283-133 B.C.)
THE KINGDOM OF BITHYNIA (278-74 B.C.)
THE KINGDOM OF PONTUS (337 B.C.-63 A.D.)
THE KINGDOM OF CAPPADOCIA (c. 333 B.C.-17 A.D.)
APPENDIX B. THE ROMAN STATE AND THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH
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II
III
IV
BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS
Chapter XXIX.
Chapter XXX.
Chapter XXXI.
Chapter XXXII.
Chapter XXXIII.
Chapter XXXIV.
Chapter XXXV.
Chapter XXXVI.
Chapter XXXVII.
Chapter XXXVIII.
Chapter XXXIX.
Chapter XL.
Chapter XLI.
Chapter XLII.
Chapter XLIII.
Chapter XLIV.
Chapter XLV.
Chapter XLVI.
Chapter XLVII.
A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ROMAN HISTORY BASED CHIEFLY UPON THE WORKS QUOTED, CITED, OR CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PRESENT WORK; WITH CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
A. Classical and Later Latin Works
B. The Byzantine or Later Greek Histories
C. Modern Works
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