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CONTENTS
OF
THE FIFTH VOLUME.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
ZENO AND ANASTASIUS, EMPERORS OF THE EAST.
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- BIRTH, EDUCATION, AND
FIRST EXPLOITS OF THEODORIC THE OSTROGOTH.-HIS INVASION AND CON-
QUEST OF ITALY.-THE GOTHIC KINGDOM OF ITALY.-STATE OF THE WEST.
MILITARY AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT. — THE SENATOR BOETHIUS. — LAST
ACTS AND DEATH OF THEODORIC.
CHAPTER XL.
ELEVATION OF JUSTIN THE ELDER.-REIGN OF JUSTINIAN :—I. THE EMPRESS
THEODORA. — II. FACTIONS OF THE CIRCUS, AND SEDITION OF CONSTANTI-
NOPLE. -III. TRADE AND MANUFACTURE OF SILK. -IV. FINANCES AND
TAXES.-V. EDIFICES OF JUSTINIAN.-CHURCH OF ST. SOPHIA.-FORTIFICA-
TIONS AND FRONTIERS OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE.-VI. ABOLITION OF THE
SCHOOLS OF ATHENS AND THE CONSULSHIP OF ROME.
CHAPTER XLI.
CONQUESTS OF JUSTINIAN IN THE WEST.-CHARACTER AND FIRST CAMPAIGNS
OF BELISARIUS. 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 BELISARIUS.—
-HIS DOMESTIC SHAME
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
ETHIOPIANS.