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CONTENTS

OF

THE FIFTH VOLUME.

CHAPTER XXXIX.

ZENO AND ANASTASIUS, EMPERORS OF THE EAST.

BIRTH, EDUCATION, AND
FIRST EXPLOITS OF THEODORIC THE OSTROGOTH.-HIS INVASION AND CON-
QUEST OF ITALY.-THE GOTHIC KINGDOM OF ITALY.-STATE OF THE WEST.
MILITARY AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT. THE SENATOR BOETHIUS. -LAST
ACTS AND DEATH OF THEODORIC.

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ELEVATION OF JUSTIN THE ELDER.-REIGN OF JUSTINIAN :-I. THE EMPRESS
THEODORA. - II. FACTIONS OF THE CIRCUS, AND SEDITION OF CONSTANTI-
NOPLE. -III. TRADE AND MANUFACTURE OF SILK. — IV. FINANCES AND
TAXES.-V. EDIFICES OF JUSTINIAN.-CHURCH OF ST. SOPHIA.-FORTIFICA-
TIONS AND FRONTIERS OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE.-VI. ABOLITION OF THE
SCHOOLS OF ATHENS AND THE CONSULSHIP OF ROME.

CONQUESTS OF JUSTINIAN IN THE WEST.-CHARACTER AND FIRST CAMPAIGNS
OF BELISARIUS. HE INVADES AND SUBDUES THE VANDAL KINGDOM OF
AFRICA. HIS TRIUMPH.-THE GOTHIC WAR.-HE RECOVERS SICILY, NAPLES,
AND ROME.-SIEGE OF ROME BY THE GOTHS.-THEIR RETREAT AND LOSSES.
-SURRENDER OF RAVENNA.-GLORY OF BELISARIUS.-HIS DOMESTIC SHAME

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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LOMBARDS ON

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ORIGIN,

STATE OF THE BARBARIC WORLD.
THE DANUBE. TRIBES AND INROADS OF THE SCLAVONIANS.
EMPIRE, AND EMBASSIES OF THE TURKS. THE FLIGHT OF THE AVARS.
CHOSROES I., OR NUSHIRVAN, KING OF PERSIA. -HIS PROSPEROUS REIGN
AND WARS WITH THE ROMANS.
ETHIOPIANS.

527-565. Weakness of the Empire

of Justinian

State of the Barbarians

THE COLCHIAN OR LAZIC WAR. -THE

The Gepida

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CHAPTER XLIII.

REBELLIONS OF AFRICA.- -RESTORATION OF THE GOTHIC KINGDOM BY TOTILA.-
LOSS AND RECOVERY OF ROME. FINAL CONQUEST OF ITALY BY NARSES.-
EXTINCTION OF THE OSTROGOTHS.-DEFEAT OF THE FRANKS AND ALEMANNI.
-LAST VICTORY, DISGRACE, AND DEATH OF BELISARIUS. DEATH AND
CHARACTER OF JUSTINIAN.—COMETS, EARTHQUAKES, AND PLAGUE.

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554-568. Settlement of Italy
559. Invasion of the Bulgarians

Last Victory of Belisarius

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561. His Disgrace and Death

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531-539. Comets

249

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Earthquakes

542. Plague-its Origin and Na-

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for the Gothic War .

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552. Character and Expedition of
the Eunuch Narses

230

IDEA OF THE ROMAN JURISPRUDENCE.
TWELVE TABLES OF THE DECEMVIRS. THE LAWS OF THE PEOPLE.
DECREES OF THE SENATE.-THE EDICTS OF THE MAGISTRATES AND EMPERORS.
-AUTHORITY OF THE CIVILIANS. CODE, PANDECTS, NOVELS, AND INSTI-
TUTES OF JUSTINIAN:-I. RIGHTS OF PERSONS. -II. RIGHTS OF THINGS.-
III. PRIVATE INJURIES AND ACTIONS. IV. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.