HISTORY.
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. Of the Origin of the Romans 63 II. From the building of Rome to thedeath of Romulus 66 III. From the death of Romulus to the death of Numa71 IV. From the death of Numa to the death of Tullus Hostilius 73 V.From the death of Tullus Hostilius to the death of Ancus Martius 75 VI.From the death of Ancus Martius to the death of Taiquinius Priscus77 VII. From the death of Tarquinius Priscus to the death of ServiusTullius 80 VIII. From the death of Servius Tullius to the banishment ofTarquinius Superbus 83 IX. From the banishment of Tarquinius Superbusto the appointment of the first Dictator 88 X. From the Creation of theDictator to the election of the Tribunes 93 XI. From the Creation of theTribunes to the appointment of the Decemviri, viz. Section 1.—The greatVolscian war 96 —— 2.—Civil commotions on account of the Agrarian law101 XII. From the creation of the Decemviri to the destruction of thecity by the Gauls, viz. Section 1.—Tyranny of the Decemviri 106 ——2.—Crimes of Appius—Revolt of the army 110 —— 3.—Election of MilitaryTribunes— Creation of the Censorship 115 —— 4.—Siege and capture ofVeii—Invasion of the Gauls 119 —— 5.—Deliverance of Rome from the Gauls125 XIII. From the wars with the Samnites to the First Punic war, viz.Section 1.—The Latin war 131 —— 2.—Invasion of Italy by Pyrrhus, kingof Epirus 135 —— 3.—Defeat and departure of Pyrrhus 140 XIV. From thebeginning of the First Punic war to the beginning of the Second, viz.Section 1.—Causes and commencement of the war—Invasion of Africa byRegulus 144 —— 2.—Death of Regulus—Final Triumph of the Romans 149 XV.The Second Punic war, viz. Section 1.—Commencement of the war—Hannibal'sinvasion of Italy 151 —— 2.—Victorious career of Hannibal 155—— 3.—Retrieval of the Roman affairs—Invasion of Africa byScipio—Conclusion of the war 160 XVI. Macedonian, Syrian, Third Punic,and Spanish wars 164 XVII. From the Destruction of Carthage to theend of the Sedition of the Gracchi, viz. Section 1.—Murder of TiberiusGracchus 170 —— 2.—Slaughter of Caius Gracchus and his adherents 174XVIII. From the Sedition of Gracchus to the perpetual Dictatorship ofSylla, viz. Section 1.—The Jugurthine and Social wars 178 —— 2.—Thecruel massacres perpetrated by Marius and Sylla 183 XIX. From theperpetual Dictatorship of Sylla to the first Triumvirate 188 XX. Fromthe First Triumvirate to the death of Pompey, viz. Section 1.—Cæsar'swars in Gaul—Commencement of the Civil war 194 —— 2.—Cæsar's victoriouscareer 199 —— 3.—The campaign in Thessaly and Epirus 204 —— 4.—Thebattle of Pharsalia 208 —— 5.—Death of Pompey 212 XXI. From theDestruction of the Commonwealth to the establishment of the firstEmperor, Augustus, viz. Section 1.—Cæsar's Egyptian campaign 218 ——2.—The African campaign 223 —— 3.—Death of Cæsar 228 —— 4.—The SecondTriumvirate 234 —— 5.—The Battle of Philippi 239 —— 6.—Dissensionsof Antony and Augustus 244 —— 7.—The Battle of Actium 249 —— 8.—TheConquest of Egypt 255 XXII. From the accession of Augustus to the deathof Domitian, viz. Section 1.—The beneficent Administration of Augustus262 —— 2.—Death of Augustus 267 —— 3.—The reign of Tiberius—Death ofGermanicus 271 —— 4.—Death of Sejanus and Tiberius—Accession of Caligula276 —— 5.—Extravagant cruelties of Caligula—His death 281 —— 6.—TheReign of Claudius 285 —— 7.—The reign of Nero 291 —— 8.—Death ofNero—Reigns of Galba and Otho 296 —— 9.—The reigns of Vitellius andVespasian—The siege of Jerusalem by Titus 301 —— 10.—The Reigns of Titusand Domitian 307 —— 11.—The assassination of Domitian 312 XXIII. TheFive good emperors of Rome, viz. Section 1.—The Reigns of Nerva andTrajan 316 —— 2.—The Reign of Adrian 321 —— 3.—The Reign of AntoninusPius 325 —— 4.—The reign of Marcus Aurelius 330 XXIV. From the accessionof Commodus to the change of the seat of Government, from Rome toConstantinople, viz. Section 1.—The Reigns of Commodus, Pertinax,and Didius 333 —— 2.—The Reigns of Severus, Caracalla, Maximus, andHeliogabalus 337 —— 3.—The reigns of Alexander, Maximin, and Gordian342 —— 4.—The Reigns of Philip, Decius, Gallus, Valerian, Claudius,Aurelian, Tacitus, and Probus 346 —— 5.—The reigns of Carus, Carinus,Dioclesian, and Constantius—Accession of Constantine 350 —— 6.—The reignof Constantine 355 XXV. From the death of Constantine, to the reunion ofthe Roman empire under Theodosius the Great, viz. Section 1.—The Reignof Constantius 358 —— 2.—The Reigns of Julian Jovian, the Valentinians,and Theodosius 365 XXVI. From the death of Theodosius to the subversionof the Western Empire, viz. Section 1.—The division of the Romandominions into the Eastern and Western empires 373 —— 2.—Declineand fall of the Western empire 377 XXVII. Historical notices of thedifferent barbarous tribes that aided in overthrowing the Roman empire385 XXVIII. The progress of Christianity 391 Chronological Index 395
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