The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 06Book 2 — Chapter XLV.Reading editionChapter navigation54 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLDContributors, and Editorial Revisers.THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE: A SKETCHBOOK II THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIREChapter XXIX · THE EMPIRE AND THE PROVINCESChapter XXIX · THE EMPIRE AND THE PROVINCES (continued 2)Chapter XXX · THE GERMAN PEOPLE AND THE EMPIREChapter XXXI · THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS—ASPECTS OF ITS CIVILISATIONChapter XXXI · THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS—ASPECTS OF ITS CIVILISATION (continued 2)Chapter XXXII · THE LAST YEARS OF AUGUSTUSChapter XXXIII · THE IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS OF AUGUSTUS: TIBERIUS, CALIGULA, AND CLAUDIUSChapter XXXIII · THE IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS OF AUGUSTUS: TIBERIUS, CALIGULA, AND CLAUDIUS (continued 2)Chapter XXXIV · NERO: LAST EMPEROR OF THE HOUSE OF CÆSARChapter XXXIV · NERO: LAST EMPEROR OF THE HOUSE OF CÆSAR (continued 2)Chapter XXXV · GALBA, OTHO, VITELLIUS, AND THE THREE FLAVIANS (68-96 A.D.)Chapter XXXV · GALBA, OTHO, VITELLIUS, AND THE THREE FLAVIANS (68-96 A.D.) (continued 2)Chapter XXXVI · THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS: NERVA TO MARCUS AURELIUS (96-180 A.D.)Chapter XXXVI · THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS: NERVA TO MARCUS AURELIUS (96-180 A.D.) (continued 2)Chapter XXXVII · THE PAGAN CREEDS AND THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITYChapter XXXVIII · ASPECTS OF CIVILISATION OF THE FIRST TWO CENTURIES OF THE EMPIREChapter XXXVIII · ASPECTS OF CIVILISATION OF THE FIRST TWO CENTURIES OF THE EMPIRE (continued 2)Chapter XXXIX · A HALF CENTURY OF DECLINE: COMMODUS TO ALEXANDER SEVERUSChapter XXXIX · A HALF CENTURY OF DECLINE: COMMODUS TO ALEXANDER SEVERUS (continued 2)Chapter XL · CONFUSION WORSE CONFOUNDED: THE SECOND HALF OF THE THIRD CENTURY OF EMPIRE (235-285 A.D.)Chapter XLI · NEW HOPE FOR THE EMPIRE: THE AGE OF DIOCLETIAN AND CONSTANTINEChapter XLI · NEW HOPE FOR THE EMPIRE: THE AGE OF DIOCLETIAN AND CONSTANTINE (continued 2)Chapter XLII · THE SUCCESSORS OF CONSTANTINE TO THE DEATH OF JULIAN (337-363 A.D.)Chapter XLII · THE SUCCESSORS OF CONSTANTINE TO THE DEATH OF JULIAN (337-363 A.D.) (continued 2)Chapter XLIII · JOVIAN TO THEODOSIUS (363-395 A.D.)Chapter XLIV · THE DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE (395)Chapter XLV · THE GOTHS IN ITALYChapter XLVI · THE HUNS AND THE VANDALSChapter XLVII · THE FALL OF ROMEChapter XLVII · THE FALL OF ROME (continued 2)Chapter XXIXChapter XXXChapter XXXIChapter XXXIIChapter XXXIIIChapter XXXIVChapter XXXVChapter XXXVIChapter XXXVIIChapter XXXVIIIChapter XXXIXChapter XLChapter XLIChapter XLIIChapter XLIIIChapter XLIVChapter XLVChapter XLVIChapter XLVIIChapter XLVII · (continued 2)Previous chapter ←Book 2 — Chapter XLIVNext chapter →Book 2 — Chapter XLVIAll chapters and sections (54)Other sectionsTHE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLDContributors, and Editorial Revisers.THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE: A SKETCHBooks2Book 2 · Chapters2929303131323333343435353636373838393940414142424344454647472930313233343536373839404142434445464747b Edward Gibbon, op. cit.◇← Chapter XLIV.Chapter XLVI. →