The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireCosimo, Inc., 1. juli 2008 - 536 sider The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is Edward Gibbon's magnum opus, written and published over a 13-year period beginning in 1776. It not only chronicles the events of the downfall starting with the end of the rule of Marcus Aurelius, but proposes a theory as to why Rome collapsed: the populace, Gibbon theorizes, lost its moral fortitude, its militaristic will, and its sense of civic duty. History is considered a classic in world literature, and Gibbon is sometimes called the first "modern historian" for his insistence upon using primary sources for his research. Many scholars today still use his highly regarded work as reference. In this first of seven volumes, readers will find Chapter 1 ("The Extent of the Empire in the Age of the Antonines") through Chapter 14 ("Six Emperors at the Same Time, Reunion of the Empire"), which cover the Age of the Antonines; the rule and murder of Commodus; the sale of the Empire to Didius Julianus; the rules of Severus, Caracalla, Alexander Severus, Maximin, Decius, Gallus, milianus, Valerian, Gallienus, Claudius, Tacitus, Probus, Carus, Diocletian, Maximinus Thrax, Gordian I, Gordian II, Pupienus, Balbinus, and Gordian III; the current state of Persia; and the current state of Germany. English parliamentarian and historian EDWARD GIBBON (1737-1794) attended Magdelan College, Oxford for 14 months before his father sent him to Lausanne, Switzerland, where he continued his education. He published Essai sur l'tude de la Littrature (1761) and other autobiographical works, including Mmoire Justificatif pour servir de Rponse l'Expos, etc. de la Cour de France (1779). |
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Side xxxvi
... the poles of the Earth . But the difference of East and West is arbitrary and shifts round the globe , As the men of the North , not of the West , the legions of Gaul and Germany were superior to the South- xxxvi INTRODUCTION.
... the poles of the Earth . But the difference of East and West is arbitrary and shifts round the globe , As the men of the North , not of the West , the legions of Gaul and Germany were superior to the South- xxxvi INTRODUCTION.
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... legions , our great ships of war may seem ill provided with officers : but in both cases the deficiency is corrected by strong principles of discipline and rigour . ' " As in the instance of Horace and Agricola . " These P. 17 , foot ...
... legions , our great ships of war may seem ill provided with officers : but in both cases the deficiency is corrected by strong principles of discipline and rigour . ' " As in the instance of Horace and Agricola . " These P. 17 , foot ...
Side 2
... legions to the arrows of the Parthians , he obtained , by an honourable treaty , the restitution of the standards and prisoners which had been taken in the defeat of Crassus.1 2 His generals , in the early part of his reign , attempted ...
... legions to the arrows of the Parthians , he obtained , by an honourable treaty , the restitution of the standards and prisoners which had been taken in the defeat of Crassus.1 2 His generals , in the early part of his reign , attempted ...
Side 4
... legions , under the command of the virtuous Agricola , defeated the collected force of the Caledonians at the foot ... legion and a few auxiliaries were sufficient , 10 The western isle might be improved into a valuable possession , and ...
... legions , under the command of the virtuous Agricola , defeated the collected force of the Caledonians at the foot ... legion and a few auxiliaries were sufficient , 10 The western isle might be improved into a valuable possession , and ...
Side 5
... legions , after a long interval , beheld a military emperor at their head . The first exploits of Trajan were against the Dacians . the most warlike of men , who dwelt beyond the Danube , and who , during the reign of Domitian , had ...
... legions , after a long interval , beheld a military emperor at their head . The first exploits of Trajan were against the Dacians . the most warlike of men , who dwelt beyond the Danube , and who , during the reign of Domitian , had ...
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Its Effects in Peace | 225 |
Civil Dissensions of Germany | 231 |
80 | 234 |
CHAPTER X | 237 |
Are repulsed from Rome by the Senate and People | 239 |
VOL I | 241 |
186 | 242 |
Conquest of the Bosphorus by the Goths | 247 |
Roman Roads | 50 |
CHAPTER III | 59 |
Acknowledged by the other Emperors | 60 |
General Idea of the Imperial System | 68 |
Of Hadrian | 75 |
8 | 87 |
Sedition and Death of Cleander | 92 |
ΙΟ | 93 |
And by the Senate | 98 |
The public Discontent | 104 |
Septimius Severus | 111 |
Event of the Civil Wars | 118 |
New Establishment of the Prætorian Guards | 124 |
His Tyranny extended over the whole Empire | 136 |
Long Illness of Diocletian | 153 |
98 | 158 |
Recovery of Britain by Constantius | 160 |
Temporary Reduction of the Tribute | 165 |
CHAPTER V | 167 |
Character and Elevation of the two Gordians | 174 |
Massacre of Maximus and Balbinus | 188 |
Form of a Military Republic | 192 |
Dissensions of the Barbarians | 194 |
Memory of Tiberius Caligula Nero and Domitian | 196 |
Authority of the Princes and Magistrates | 214 |
Fables and Conjectures | 217 |
Various Events of the Gothic | 250 |
Death of Aureolus | 268 |
187 | 276 |
He delivers Gaul from the Invasion of the Germans | 277 |
Tiridates the Armenian | 282 |
CHAPTER XI | 283 |
He undertakes the Reformation of the Army | 285 |
The Attempt and Fall of Quintilius | 292 |
War between the Persians and the Romans | 296 |
She reigns over the East and Egypt | 304 |
Triumph of Aurelian | 310 |
Victory of Constantine near Rome | 312 |
CHAPTER XII | 317 |
Defects of his Reign and Character | 319 |
CHAPTER XIII | 350 |
His Behaviour to his Royal Captives | 354 |
His Death | 357 |
Taxes on Roman Citizens instituted by Augustus | 358 |
Iberia | 376 |
New Form of Administration two Augusti and two Cæsars | 382 |
The new Platonists | 392 |
Maxentius declared Emperor at Rome | 402 |
Six Emperors | 408 |
His Alliance with Licinius | 424 |
Battle of Cibalis | 430 |
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