Volume 3 — Introductory material
Reading edition
GLORY AND SHAME.
Glories of the ancient civilization
A splendid external deception
Moral evils
Imperial despotism
Prostration of liberties
Some good emperors
Disproportionate fortunes
Luxurious living
General extravagance
Pride and insolence of the aristocracy
Gibbon's description of the nobles
The plebeian class
Hopelessness and disgrace of poverty
Popular superstitions
The slaves
The curse of slavery
Degradation of the female sex
Bitter satires of Juvenal
Games and festivals
Gladiatorial shows
General abandonment to pleasure
The baths
General craze for money-making
Universal corruption
Saint Paul's estimate of Roman vices
Decline and ruin a logical necessity
The Sibylline prophecy
Authorities
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME III.
Cleopatra Tests the Poison which She Intends for Her Own Destruction on Her Slaves....
Frontispiece
After the painting by Alexander Cabanel
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Justinian Orders the Compilation of the Pandects
After the painting by Benjamin Constant
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The Temple of Karnak
After a photograph
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The Laocoön
After the photograph from the statue in the Vatican, Rome
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The Death of Archimedes
After the painting by E. Vimont
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Race of Roman Chariots
After the painting by V. Checa
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Sale of Slaves in a Roman Camp
After the painting by R. Coghe
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
From the bust in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence
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Cleopatra Obtains an Interview with Caesar
After the painting by J.L. Gerome
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Death of Cleopatra
After the painting by John Collier
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A Roman Bacchanal
After the painting by W. Kotarbinski
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