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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 07 : $b the history of the later Roman Empire

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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 07 : $b the history of the later Roman Empire

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VOLUME VII

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               BOOK I. THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE EAST

  INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. A SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
  By James T. Shotwell, Ph.D.                                         xiii

  HISTORY IN OUTLINE OF THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE EAST               1

                                CHAPTER I

  THE REIGN OF ARCADIUS (395-408 A.D.)                                  25

    A comparison of the two empires, 25. Greatness of
    Constantinople, 28. The East and the West, 30. Alaric’s revolt,
    30. Eutropius the Eunuch, 33. Tribigild the Ostrogoth; the fall
    of Eutropius, 35. St. John Chrysostom, 39.

                               CHAPTER II

  REIGN OF THEODOSIUS THE YOUNGER TO THE ELEVATION OF JUSTINIAN
  (408-527 A.D.)                                                        42

    The Huns, 45. Ammianus Marcellinus describes the Huns, 47.
    Attila, king of the Huns, 48. The diplomacy of Attila, 54.
    Attempt to assassinate Attila, 58. Successors of Theodosius, 60.

                               CHAPTER III

  JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA (525-548 A.D.)                                 66

    The factions of the Circus, 69. Avarice and profession of
    Justinian, 74. The building of St. Sophia, 79. Other buildings
    of Justinian, 81. Fortifications, 82. Suppression of the
    schools, 85. Extinction of the Roman consulship, 87. The
    Vandalic War, 87. Belisarius, 89. Belisarius enters Carthage,
    92. Triumph and meekness of Belisarius, 96. Solomon’s wars with
    the Moors, 98. Military tactics under Justinian, 100. Decadence
    of the soldiery, 103.

                               CHAPTER IV

  THE LATER YEARS OF JUSTINIAN’S REIGN (535-565 A.D.)                  106

    Byzantium rids Rome of the Goths, 106. Finlay’s estimate of
    Belisarius, 109. The Goths renew the war, 110. Belisarius in
    Rome, 111. Gibbon’s estimate of Belisarius and his times,
    113. Barbaric inroads, 114. Slavic incursions, 116. Turks and
    Avars, 119. Relations of the Roman Empire with Persia, 121. The
    revolt in Africa, 124. Invasion of the Cotrigur Huns, 127. End
    of Belisarius, 129. Death of Justinian, 130. Justinian as a
    legislator, 131. Bury’s estimate of Justinian, 136.

                                CHAPTER V

  REIGN OF JUSTIN II TO HERACLIUS (565-629 A.D.)                       137

    Reign of Tiberius, 140. The Emperor Maurice, 142. The
    Persian War, 143. The Avars, 147. State of the Roman armies,
    150. Rebellion against Maurice, 151. Phocas emperor, 153.
    Heraclius emperor, 155. Heraclius plans to remove the capital
    to Carthage, 158. The awakening of Heraclius, 159. Triumph
    of Heraclius, 162. The siege of Constantinople, 164. Third
    expedition of Heraclius, 165. Battle of Nineveh, 166. The end
    of Chosroes, 167.

                               CHAPTER VI

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