[Chapter XLI: Conquests Of Justinian, Character Of Balisarius.—Part III. ]

[Chapter XLI: Conquests Of Justinian, Character Of Balisarius.—Part IV. ]

[Chapter XLI: Conquests Of Justinian, Character Of Balisarius.—Part V. ]

[Chapter XLII: State Of The Barbaric World.—Part I. ]

State Of The Barbaric World.—Establishment Of The Lombards On the Danube.—Tribes And Inroads Of The Sclavonians.—Origin, Empire, And Embassies Of The Turks.—The Flight Of The Avars.—Chosroes I, Or Nushirvan, King Of Persia.—His Prosperous Reign And Wars With The Romans.—The Colchian Or Lazic War.—The Æthiopians.

[Chapter XLII: State Of The Barbaric World.—Part II. ]

[Chapter XLII: State Of The Barbaric World.—Part III. ]

[Chapter XLII: State Of The Barbaric World.—Part IV. ]

[Chapter XLIII: Last Victory And Death Of Belisarius, Death Of Justinian.—Part I. ]

Rebellions Of Africa.—Restoration Of The Gothic Kingdom By Totila.—Loss And Recovery Of Rome.—Final Conquest Of Italy By Narses.—Extinction Of The Ostrogoths.—Defeat Of The Franks And Alemanni.—Last Victory, Disgrace, And Death Of Belisarius.—Death And Character Of Justinian.—Comet, Earthquakes, And Plague.