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

Methuen & Company, 1912

A D	xlii

Acknowledged by the other Emperors	liii

General idea of the Roman Empire	lxiii

CHAPTER I	1

Contrast of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius	8

Auxiliaries	14

Britain	20

CHAPTER II	28

Arts of Luxury	195

Memory of Tiberius Caligula Nero and Domitian	196

Public Sale of the Empire to Didius Julianus by the Prætorian Guards	200

Establishment of the Royal Authority in the Provinces	204

IM	212

CHAPTER IX	213

of the Use of Metals	220

Civil Dissensions of Germany	231

Tittel	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
Forfatter	Edward Gibbon
Redaktør	John Bagnell Bury
Utgave	4
Utgiver	Methuen & Company, 1912
Original fra	Princeton University
Digitalisert	21. apr 2008

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Populousness of the Roman Empire	42

83	49

D	54

His Death	60

Is prevailed upon to resume it under the Title of Emperor	61

General Idea of the Imperial System	68

He accepts the Purple	73

Of Hadrian	75

Accession of the Emperor Commodus	84

Sedition and Death of Cleander	92

ΙΟ	93

Syria and Pannonia declare against	108

Is condemned and executed by Order of the Senate	114

Ambition of Caracalla	130

His Tyranny extended over the whole Empire	136

Defeat and Death of Macrinus	142

223	153

Recovery of Britain by Constantius	160

pose of Taxation	161

The Elevation and Tyranny of MaximinRebellion in Africa and Italy	167

Character and Elevation of the two Gordians	178

Death of Čommodus	192

Dissensions of the Barbarians	194

of Marcus	234

Defeat and Death of the two Gordians	237

Are repulsed from Rome by the Senate and People	239

Conquest of the Bosphorus by the Goths	247

The Death of SeverusTyranny of CaracallaUsurpation of Macrinus	264

His Superstition	265

Death of Aureolus	268

Tacitus is acknowleged by the Army	276

Famine and Pestilence	282

He gives Audience to the Persian Ambassadors	283

War between the Persians and the Romans	296

Long Illness of Diocletian	304

The State of Palmyra	306

Victory of Constantine near Rome	312

Aurelian suppresses the Rebellion of Firmus in Egypt	313

The Gothic	322

Vices of Carinus	346

Compliance of Maximian	352

Moderation of Diocletian	373

Description of Salona and the adjacent Country	389

Reunion of the Empire	394

Civil War between Constantine and Maxentius	414

23	424