NATIONS OF THE WORLD - GIBBON'S ROME (VOL. IV)

Gibbon, Edward

Published by Peter Fenelon Collier, New York, New York,, 1899

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No Dustjacket. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. All pages unmarked. (Volume 4 only) --- --- CHAPTERS: --- ZENO AND ANASTASIUS, EMPERORS OF THE EAST--BIRTH, EDUCATION, AND FIRST EXPLOITS OF THEODORIC THE OSTROGOTH--HIS INVASION AND CONQUEST OF ITALY--STATE OF THE WEST--MILITARY AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT--THE SENATOR BOETHIUS--LAST ACTS AND DEATH OF THEODORIC --- ELEVATION OF JUSTIN THE ELDER--REIGN OF JUSTINIAN: 1. THE EMPRESS THEODORA. 2. FACTIONS OF THE CIRCUS AND SEDITION OF CONSTANTINOPLE. 3. TRADE AND MANUFACTURE OF SILK. 4. FINANCES AND TAXES. 5. EDIFICES OF JUSTINIAN--CHURCH OF ST. SOPHIA. 6. FORTIFICATIONS AND FRONTIERS OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE. 7. ABOLITION OF THE SCHOOLS OF ATHENS, AND THE CONSULSHIP OF ROME --- CONQUESTS OF JUSTINIAN IN THE WEST--CHARACTER AND FIRST CAMPAIGNS OF BELARIUS--HE INVADES AND SUBDUES THE VANDAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA --- --- HIS TRIUMPH--THE GOTHIC WAR--HE RECOVERS SICILY, NAPLES, AND ROME--SIEGE OF ROME BY THE GOTHS--THEIR RETREAT AND LOSSES--SURRENDER OF RAVENNA--GLORY OF BELASARIUS--HIS DOMESTIC SHAME AND MISFORTUNES --- 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--FLIGHT OF THE AVARS--CHOSROES I., KING OF PERSIA--HIS PROSPEROUS REIGN AND WARS WITH THE ROMANS--THE COLCHIAN OR LAZIC WAR--THE ETHIOPIANS --- 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 BELASARIUS--DEATH AND CHARACTER OF JUSTINIAN--COMETS, EARTHQUAKES, AND PLAGUE --- IDEA OF THE ROMAN JURISPRUDENCE--LAWS OF THE KINGS--TWELVE TABLES OF THE DECEMVIRS--LAWS OF THE PEOPLE--DECREES OF THE SENATE--EDICTS OF THE MAGISTRATES AND EMPERORS--AUTHORITY OF THE CIVILIANS--CODE, PANDECTS, NOVELS, AND INSTITUTES OF JUSTINIAN: 1. RIGHTS OF PERSONS. 2. RIGHTS OF THINGS. 3. PRIVATE INJURIES AND ACTIONS. 4. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS --- REIGN OF THE YOUNGER JUSTIN--EMBASSY OF THE AVARS--THEIR SETTLEMENT ON THE DANUBE--CONQUEST OF ITALY BY THE LOMBARDS--ADOPTION AND REIGN OF TIBERIUS--OF MAURICE--STATE OF ITALY UNDER THE LOMBARDS AND THE EXARCHS--OF RAVENNA--DISTRESS OF ROME--CHARACTER AND PONTIFICATE OF GREGORY THE FIRST --- REVOLUTIONS OF PERSIA AFTER THE DEATH OF CHOSROES--HIS SON HORMOUZ, A TYRANT, IS DEPOSED--USURPATION OF BAHRAM--FLIGHT AND RESTORATION OF CHOSROES II.--HIS GRATITUDE TO THE ROMANS--THE CHAGAN OF THE AVARS--REVOLT OF THE ARMY AGAINST MAURICE--HIS DEATH--TYRANNY OF PHOCAS--ELEVATION OF HERACLIUS--THE PERSIAN WAR--CHOSROES SUBDUES SYRIA, EGYPT, AND ASIA MINOR--SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE BY THE PERSIANS AND AVARS--PERSIAN EXPEDITIONS--VICTORIES AND TRIUMPH OF HERACLIUS --- THEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE INCARNATION--THE HUMAN AND DIVINE NATURE OF CHRIST--ENMITY OF THE PATRIARCHS OF ALEXANDRIA AND CONSTANTINOPLE--ST. CYRIL AND NESTORIUS--THIRD GENERAL COUNCIL OF EPHESUS--HERESY OF EUTYCHES--FOURTH GENERAL COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON--CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL DISCORD--INTOLERANCE OF JUSTINIAN--THE THREE CHAPTERS--THE MONOTHELITE CONTROVERSY--STATE OF THE ORIENTAL SECTS: 1. THE NESTORIANS. 2. THE JACOBITES. 3. THE MARONITES. 4. THE ARMENIANS. 5. THE COPTS. 6. THE ABYSSINIANS.

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• Title: NATIONS OF THE WORLD - GIBBON'S ROME (VOL. IV)
• Publisher: Peter Fenelon Collier, New York, New York,
• Publication Date: 1899
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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