The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire Volume 2

The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire Volume 2
Phillips, Sampson
Author: Gibbon, Edward
1854
Pages: 593
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Language: English

Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement.

XVI. THE CONDUCT OF THE ROMAN OOVERMENT TOWARDS THE CHRISTIANS,
FROM THE REIGN OF NERO TO THAT OF CONSTANTINE
XVII. FOUNDATION OF CONSTANTINOPLE. - POLITICAL SYSTEM OF CONSTANTINE, AND HIS SUCCESES. - MILI'l'ARY DISCIPLINE.-THE PALACE.-THE
FINANCES.
XVIII. CHARACTER OF CONSTANTINE.-GOTHIC WAR.- DEATH OF CONSTANTINE. - DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE AMONG HIS THREE SONS. - PERSIAN WAR.-TRAGIC DEATHS OF CONSTANTINE THE YOUNGER, AND CONSTANS.-USURPATION OF MAGNE1'ìTIUS.-CIYIL WAR.-VICTORY OF CONSTANTICS.
XIX. CONSTANTIUS SOLE EMPEROR.-ELEVATION AND DEATH OF GALLUS.-
DAXGER AND ELEVATION OF JULIAN.-SARMATlAN AND PERSIAN WARS.- VICTORIES OF JULIAN IN GAUL.
XX. THE MOTIVEH, PROGRESS, AND EFFECTS OF THE CONVERSION OF CONSTANTINE- LEGAL ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTITUTlON OF THE CHRISTIAN, OR CATHOLIC, CHURCH.
XXI. PERSECUTION OF HERESY.-THE SCHISM OF THE DONATISTS.-TlfE
ARIAN CONTROVERSY. -ATHANASIUS.-DISTRACTED STATE OF THE
CHURCH AND EMPIRE UNDER CONSTANTINE AND HIS SONS. - TOLERATION OF PAGANISM
XXII.JULIAN IS DECLARED EMPEROR BY THE LEGIONS OF GAUL. -HIS MARCH AND SUCCESS. - THE DEATHS OF CONSTANTIUS. - CIVIL ADMINISTRATION OF JULIAN.
XXIII. THE RELIGIONS OF JULIAN.-UNIVERSAL TOLERATION.-HE ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE AND REFORM PAGAN WORSHIP-TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM- HIS ARTFUL PERSECUTION OF THE CHRISTIANS.-MUTUAL ZEAL AND INJUSTICE.
XXIV. RESIDENSE OF JULIAN AT ANTIOCH. - HIS SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION AGAINST THE PERSIANS. -PASSAGE OF THE TIGRIS. -THE RETREAT
AND DEATH OF JULIAN. -ELECTION OF JOVIAN. -HE SAVES THE ROMAN ARMY BY A DISGRACEFUL TREATY.
XXV. THE GOVERNlIENT AND DEATH OF JOVIAN.-ELECTION OF VALENTIN-
IAN, WHO ASSOCIATES HIS BROTHER VALENS, AND MAKES THE FINAL
DIVISION OF THE EASTERN AND WESTERN EMPIRES.-REVOLT OF PROCOPIUS. CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ADMINISTRATION.-GERMANY.-BRITAIN.-AFIUCA.- THE EAST.-THE DANUBE.-DEATH OF VALENTINIAN.-HIS TWO SONS, GRATIAN AND VALENTINIAN II.,SUCCEED TO THE WESTERN EMPIRE.