A History of Rome to 565 A. D.
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Chapters (152)
- PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF MAPS
- INTRODUCTION The Sources for the Study of Early Roman History
- PART I THE FORERUNNERS OF ROME IN ITALY
- CHAPTER I THE GEOGRAPHY OF ITALY
- CHAPTER II PREHISTORIC CIVILIZATION IN ITALY
- CHAPTER III THE PEOPLES OF HISTORIC ITALY: THE ETRUSCANS; THE GREEKS
- I. The Peoples of Italy
- II. The Etruscans
- III. The Greeks
- PART II THE PRIMITIVE MONARCHY AND THE REPUBLIC: FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES TO 27 B. C.
- CHAPTER IV EARLY ROME TO THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY
- I. The Latins
- II. The Origins of Rome
- III. The Early Monarchy
- IV. Early Roman Society
- CHAPTER V THE EXPANSION OF ROME TO THE UNIFICATION OF THE ITALIAN PENINSULA: c. 509–265 B. C.
- I. To the Conquest of Veii—392 b. c.
- II. The Gallic Invasion
- III. The Disruption of the Latin League and the Roman Alliance with the Campanians: 387–334 b. c.
- IV. Wars with the Samnites, Gauls and Etruscans: 325–280 b. c.
- V. The Roman Conquest of South Italy: 281–270 b. c.
- VI. The Roman Confederacy
- CHAPTER VI THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ROME TO 287 B. C.
- I. The Early Republic
- II. The Assembly of the Centuries and the Development of the Magistracy
- III. The Plebeian Struggle for Political Equality
- IV. The Roman Military System
- CHAPTER VII EARLY RELIGION AND SOCIETY
- I. Early Roman Religion
- II. Early Roman Society
- CHAPTER VIII ROMAN DOMINATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN; THE FIRST PHASE—THE STRUGGLE WITH CARTHAGE; 265–201 B. C.
- I. The Mediterranean World in 265 b. c.
- II. The First Punic War: 264–241 b. c.
- III. The Illyrian and Gallic Wars: 229–219 b. c.
- IV. The Second Punic War: 218–202 b. c.
- V. The Effect of the Second Punic War upon Italy
- CHAPTER IX ROMAN DOMINATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THE SECOND PHASE: ROME AND THE GREEK EAST, 200–167 B. C.
- I. The Second Macedonian War: 200–196 b. c.
- II. The War with Antiochus the Great and the Aetolians: 192–189 b. c.
- III. The Third Macedonian War: 171–167 b. c.
- IV. Campaigns in Italy and Spain
- CHAPTER X TERRITORIAL EXPANSION IN THREE CONTINENTS: 167–133 B. C.
- I. The Spanish Wars: 154–133 b. c.
- II. The Destruction of Carthage: 149–146 b. c.
- III. War with Macedonia and the Achaean Confederacy: 149–146 b. c.
- IV. The Acquisition of Asia
- CHAPTER XI THE ROMAN STATE AND THE EMPIRE: 265–133 B. C.
- I. The Rule of the Senatorial Aristocracy
- II. The Administration of the Provinces
- III. Social and Economic Development
- IV. Cultural Progress
- CHAPTER XII THE STRUGGLE OF THE OPTIMATES AND THE POPULARES: 133–78 B. C.
- I. The Agrarian Laws of Tiberius Gracchus: 133 b. c.
- II. The Tribunate of Caius Gracchus: 124–121 b. c.
- III. The War with Jugurtha and the Rise of Marius
- IV. The Invasion of the Cimbri and Teutons
- V. Saturninus and Glaucia
- VI. The Tribunate of Marcus Livius Drusus, 91 b. c.
- VII. The Italian or Marsic War, 90–88 b. c.
- VIII. The First Mithradatic War
- IX. Sulla’s Dictatorship
- CHAPTER XIII THE RISE OF POMPEY THE GREAT: 78–60 B. C.
- I. Pompey’s Command against Sertorius in Spain: 77–71 b. c.
- II. The Command of Lucullus against Mithradates: 74–66 b. c.
- III. The Revolt of the Gladiators: 73–71 b. c.
- IV. The Consulate of Pompey and Crassus: 70 b. c.
- V. The Commands of Pompey against the Pirates and in the East: 67–62 b. c.
- VI. The Conspiracy of Catiline, 63 b. c.
- VII. The Coalition of Pompey, Caesar and Crassus: 60 b. c.
- CHAPTER XIV THE RIVALRY OF POMPEY AND CAESAR: CAESAR’S DICTATORSHIP; 59–44 B. C.
- I. Caesar Consul: 59 b. c.
- II. Caesar’s Conquest of Gaul: 58–51 b. c.
- III. The Civil War between Caesar and the Senate: 49–46 b. c.
- IV. The Dictatorship of Julius Caesar: 46–44 b. c.
- CHAPTER XV THE PASSING OF THE REPUBLIC: 44–27 B. C.
- I. The Rise of Octavian
- II. The Triumvirate of 43 b. c.
- III. The Victory of Octavian over Antony and Cleopatra
- IV. Society and Intellectual Life in the Last Century of the Republic
- PART III THE PRINCIPATE OR EARLY EMPIRE: 27 B. C.–285 A. D.
- CHAPTER XVI THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRINCIPATE: 27 B. C.–14 A. D.
- I. The Princeps
- II. The Senate, the Equestrians and the Plebs
- III. The Military Establishment
- IV. The Revival of Religion and Morality
- V. The Provinces and the Frontiers
- VI. The Administration of Rome
- VII. The Problem of the Succession
- VIII. Augustus as a Statesman
- CHAPTER XVII THE JULIO-CLAUDIAN LINE AND THE FLAVIANS: 14–96 A. D.
- I. Tiberius, 14–37 a. d.
- II. Caius Caligula, 37–41 a. d.
- III. Claudius, 41–54 a. d.
- IV. Nero, 54–68 a. d.
- V. The First War of the Legions or the Year of the Four Emperors, 68–69 a. d.
- VI. Vespasian and Titus, 69–81 a. d.
- VII. Domitian, 81–96 a. d.
- CHAPTER XVIII FROM NERVA TO DIOCLETIAN: 96–285 A. D.
- I. Nerva and Trajan, 96–117 a. d.
- II. Hadrian, 117–138 a. d.
- III. The Antonines, 138–192 a. d.
- IV. The Second War of the Legions, 193–197 a. d.
- V. The Dynasty of the Severi, 197–235 a. d.
- VI. The Dissolution and Restoration of the Empire: 235–285 a. d.
- CHAPTER XIX THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE PRINCIPATE
- I. The Victory of Autocracy
- II. The Growth of the Civil Service
- III. The Army and the Defence of the Frontiers
- IV. The Provinces under the Principate
- V. Municipal Life
- VI. The Colonate or Serfdom
- CHAPTER XX RELIGION AND SOCIETY
- I. Society under the Principate
- II. The Intellectual World
- III. The Imperial Cult and the Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
- IV. Christianity and Its Relation to the Roman State
- PART IV THE AUTOCRACY OR LATE EMPIRE: 285–565 A. D.
- CHAPTER XXI FROM DIOCLETIAN TO THEODOSIUS THE GREAT; THE INTEGRITY OF THE EMPIRE MAINTAINED; 285–395 A. D.
- I. Diocletian: 285–305 a. d.
- II. Constantine I, the Great: 306–337 a. d.
- III. The Dynasty of Constantine: 337–363 a. d.
- IV. The House of Valentinian and Theodosius the Great: 364–395 a. d.
- CHAPTER XXII THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF THE LATE EMPIRE
- I. The Autocrat and His Court
- II. The Military Organization
- III. The Perfection of the Bureaucracy
- IV. The Nobility and the Senate
- V. The System of Taxation and the Ruin of the Municipalities
- CHAPTER XXIII THE GERMANIC OCCUPATION OF ITALY AND THE WESTERN PROVINCES: 395–493 A. D.
- I. General Characteristics of the Period
- II. The Visigothic Migrations
- III. The Vandals
- IV. The Burgundians, Franks, and Saxons
- V. The Fall of the Western Empire
- VI. The Survival of the Empire in the East
- CHAPTER XXIV THE AGE OF JUSTINIAN: 518–565 A. D.
- I. The Germanic Kingdoms in the West to 533 a. d.
- II. The Restoration of the Imperial Power in the West: 553–554 a. d.
- III. Justinian’s Frontier Problems and Internal Administration
- CHAPTER XXV RELIGIOUS AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE IN THE LATE EMPIRE
- I. The End of Paganism
- II. The Church in the Christian Empire
- III. Sectarian Strife
- IV. Monasticism
- V. Literature and Art
- EPILOGUE
- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- INDEX
- Footnotes
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