The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 06
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THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD
A comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: edited, with the assistance of a distinguished board of advisers and contributors, by HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, LL.D.
IN TWENTY-FIVE VOLUMES VOLUME VI—THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE
T he Outlook Company New York
T he History Association London
1904
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THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Contributors, and Editorial Revisers.
CONTENTS
THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE: A SKETCH
THE WEALTH OF ROMAN INSCRIPTIONS
THE MEANING OF IMPERIAL ROMAN HISTORY
ROMAN INFLUENCE IN THE WEST
CONSTRUCTIVE FORCES OF THE EMPIRE
UNFULFILLED POSSIBILITIES
REFORMS OF AUGUSTUS
THE EMPIRE AND THE PAGAN CREED
THE EMPIRE AND CHRISTIANITY
INEVITABLE DECAY
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CHAPTER XXIX. THE EMPIRE AND THE PROVINCES
CHAPTER XXX. THE GERMAN PEOPLE AND THE EMPIRE
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CHAPTER XXXI. THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS—ASPECTS OF ITS CIVILISATION
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CHAPTER XXXII. THE LAST YEARS OF AUGUSTUS
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CHAPTER XXXIII. THE IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS OF AUGUSTUS: TIBERIUS, CALIGULA, AND CLAUDIUS
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CHAPTER XXXIV. NERO: LAST EMPEROR OF THE HOUSE OF CÆSAR
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CHAPTER XXXV. GALBA, OTHO, VITELLIUS, AND THE THREE FLAVIANS (68-96 A.D.)
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CHAPTER XXXVI. THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS: NERVA TO MARCUS AURELIUS (96-180 A.D.)
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CHAPTER XXXVII. THE PAGAN CREEDS AND THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. ASPECTS OF CIVILISATION OF THE FIRST TWO CENTURIES OF THE EMPIRE
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CHAPTER XXXIX. A HALF CENTURY OF DECLINE: COMMODUS TO ALEXANDER SEVERUS
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CHAPTER XL. CONFUSION WORSE CONFOUNDED: THE SECOND HALF OF THE THIRD CENTURY OF EMPIRE (235-285 A.D.)
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CHAPTER XLI. NEW HOPE FOR THE EMPIRE: THE AGE OF DIOCLETIAN AND CONSTANTINE
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CHAPTER XLII. THE SUCCESSORS OF CONSTANTINE TO THE DEATH OF JULIAN (337-363 A.D.)
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CHAPTER XLIII. JOVIAN TO THEODOSIUS (363-395 A.D.)
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CHAPTER XLIV. THE DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE (395)
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CHAPTER XLV. THE GOTHS IN ITALY
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CHAPTER XLVI. THE HUNS AND THE VANDALS
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CHAPTER XLVII. THE FALL OF ROME
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APPENDIX A. HISTORY IN OUTLINE OF SOME LESSER NATIONS OF ASIA MINOR
APPENDIX B. THE ROMAN STATE AND THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH
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