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• The Works of Edward Gibbon
• Introduction 1
• Preface of the Author
• Advertisement to the Notes 1
• Advertisement to the First Octavo Edition
• Preface to the Fourth Volume of the Quarto Edition
• Introduction
• The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
• Chapter I
• Chapter Ii
• Chapter Iii
• Chapter Iv
• Chapter V
• Chapter Vi
• Chapter Vii
• Chapter Viii
• Chapter Ix
• Appendix Additional Notes By the Editor
• 1.: Authorities
• 2.: Conquest of Britain — ( P. 4 and P. 45 )
• 3.: The Conquests of Trajan, and Policy of Hadrian — ( P. 7 )
• 4.: The Roman Army — ( P. 15 )
• 5.: The Roman Navy — ( P. 23 )
• 6.: The Provinces of the Roman Empire In 180 — ( P. 24 )
• 7.: Changes In South-eastern Europe Since Gibbon Wrote — ( Pp. 28 , 29 )
• 8.: Colonies and Municipia, Ius Latinum — ( P. 46 )
• 9.: The Mine of Soumelpour — ( P. 69 )
• 10.: The Constitution of the Roman Empire — ( Chapter Iii .)
• 11.: The Constitutional Significance of the Principate of Septimius Severus — ( Pp. 154-161 )
• 12.: Chronology of 238 — ( P. 229 )
• 13.: Authorities For Oriental Affairs — ( Chapter Viii .)
• 14.: The Zend Avesta — ( P. 253 Sqq. )

Augustus Caesar. From a statue in the Vatican Museum

THE WORKS OF EDWARD GIBBON

HISTORY OF ROME

VOLUME I

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

• Augustus Cæsar . . . . . . . Frontispiece
  • From a statue in the Vatican Museum.
• Map of the Roman Empire in 180 . . . . page 90
• Triumphal Entry of Marcus Aurelius into Rome . . 98
  • From a bas-relief.
• Marcus Aurelius Granting Grace to his Enemies . . 108
  • From a Roman bas-relief.
• A Banquet of Commodus . . . . . . . 120
  • From a drawing by Jan Styka.
• The Forum, Rome . . . . . . . . 220
  • From a drawing by Jan Styka.