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THE
HISTORY
OF
THE DECLINE AND FALL
OF THE
ROMAN EMPIRE.
BY
EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ.
With Nates,
BY THE REV. H. H. MILMAN,
PREBENDARY OF ST. PETER'S, AND RECTOR of St. Margaret's, WESTMINSTER.
A New Edition,
TO WHICH IS ADDED,
A COMPLETE INDEX OF THE WHOLE WORK
IN SIX VOLUMES.
VOL. IV.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS
329 & 331 PEARL STREET
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1879
353723
CONTENTS
OF THE FOURTH VOLUME
CHAPTER XXXIX.
ZENO AND ANASTASIUS, EMPERORS OF THE EAST.-BIRTH, EDUC
AND FIRST EXPLOITS OF THEODORIC THE OSTROGOTH.-HIS IN
AND CONQUEST OF ITALY. THE GOTHIC KINGDOM OF ITALY.-
OF THE WEST.-MILITARY AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT. -THE SE
BOETHIUS.LAST ACTS AND DEATH OF THEODORIC.
A. D.
455-475. Birth and Education of Theodoric,
474-491. The Reign of Zeno,
491-518. The Reign of Anastasius,.
475-488. Service and Revolt of Theodoric,
489. He undertakes the Conquest of Italy,.
His March,
489, 490. The three Defeats of Odoacer,.
193. His Capitulation and Death,
4-526. Reign of Theodoric, King of Italy,
Partition of Lands,......
Separation of the Goths and Italians,
Foreign Policy of Theodoric,
His Defensive Wars,
His Naval Armaments,..
Civil Government of Italy according to the Roman Laws,
Prosperity of Rome,
500. Visit of Theodoric,..
Flourishing State of Italy,
Theodoric an Arian.
His Toleration of the Catholics,
Vices of his Government.
He is provoked to persecute the Catholics,
Character, Studies, and Honors of Boethius,.
His Patriotism,....
ELEVATION OF JUSTIN THE ELDER.-REIGN OF JUSTINIAN:- I. THE EM
PRESS THEODORA. II. FACTIONS OF THE CIRCUS, AND SEDITION OP
CONSTANTINOPLE. - III. TRADE AND MANUFACTURE OF SILK. IV.
FINANCES AND TAXES-V. EDIFICES OF JUSTINIAN. CHURCH OF ST.
SOPHIA. FORTIFICATIONS AND FRONTIERS OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE.
-VI. ABOLITION OF THE SCHOOLS OF ATHENS, AND THE CONSULSHIP
OF ROME.
482, or 483. Birth of the Emperor Justinian,..
518-527 Elevation and Reign of his Uncle Justin I.,
520-527. Adoption and Succession of Justinian,.
527-565. The Reign of Justinian,..
Character and Histories of Procopius,
Division of the Reign of Justinian,....
Birth and Vices of the Empress Theodora,.
Her Marriage with Justinian,.
Her Tyranny,.
Her Virtues,..
548. And Death,.
The Factions of the Circus...
At Rome,.
They distract Constantinople and the East,.
Justinian favors the Blues,
532. Sedition of Constantinople, surnamed Nika,.
The Distress of Justinian,
Firmness of Theodora,..
The Sedition is suppressed,..
Agriculture and Manufactures of the Eastern Empire,
The Use of Silk by the Romans,..
Importation from China by Land and Sea,
Introduction of Silk-worms into Greece,..
State of the Revenue,..
Avarice and Profusion of Justinian,.
Pernicious Savings..
Remittances,..
Taxes,
Monopolies,
Venality,
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48
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53
54
55
56
57
58
60
62
63
64
66
68
71
73
75
76
77
78
79
Security of Asia after the Conquest of Isauria,
Fortifications of the Empire, from the Euxine to the Persian
Frontier,
488. Death of Perozes, King of Persia,.
89
91
94
502-505. The Persian War,
Fortifications of Dara,...
The Caspian or Iberian Gates,
The Schools of Athens,...
They are suppressed by Justinian,.
Proclus,
485-529. His Successors,.
The last of the Philosophers,..
541. The Roman Consulship extinguished by Justinian,..
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100
101
102
104
108
109
110
CHAPTER XLI.
CONQUESTS OF JUSTINIAN IN THE WEST.-CHARACTER AND FIRST CAM-
PAIGNS 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 BELI.
SARIUS. HIS DOMESTIC SHAME AND MISFORTUNES.