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

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 Womersleys 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 Gibbons 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. - MILIlARY 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 MAGNE1ìTIUS.-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.