Niebuhr’s Lectures on Roman History. Vol. III

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Author

Niebuhr, Barthold Georg, 1776-1831

Title

Niebuhr's lectures on Roman history, Vol. 3 (of 3)

Original Publication

London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1875.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta

Subject

Rome -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 75732

Release Date

March 27, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.NIEBUHR’S LECTURES ON ROMAN HISTORY
2. 2.CONTENTS. — POLITICAL STATE OF THE WORLD THEN KNOWN. LEGISLATION. THE WAR WITH THE PIRATES.
3. 3.CATILINE; CICERO.
4. 4.C. JULIUS CÆSAR.
5. 5.THE GALLIC WARS.
6. 6.CIVIL WAR BETWEEN CÆSAR AND POMPEY.
7. 7.STATE OF ROME AFTER THE MURDER OF CÆSAR. TRIUMVIRATE OF ANTONY, OCTAVIAN, AND LEPIDUS. DEATH OF CICERO.
8. 8.THE PERUSIAN WAR. PEACE OF BRUNDUSIUM. PEACE OF MISENUM. EVENTS DOWN TO THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM. END OF THE CIVIL WAR.
9. 9.ROME A MONARCHY. EASURES OF AUGUSTUS FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF HIS POWER.
10. 10.LITERATURE.
11. 11.PRIVATE LIFE OF AUGUSTUS. AGRIPPA. MÆCENAS. FAMILY CONNEXIONS. BUILDINGS.
12. 12.WARLIKE ENTERPRISES OF AUGUSTUS. HIS DEATH. GENERAL SURVEY OF THE EMPIRE.
13. 13.TIBERIUS.
14. 14.CAIUS CÆSAR, OTHERWISE CALIGULA.
15. 15.TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS DRUSUS CÆSAR.
16. 16.LITERATURE AFTER THE DEATH OF AUGUSTUS. MORAL CONDITION OF ROME AND THE PROVINCES.
17. 17.NERO.
18. 18.SERVIUS SULPICIUS GALBA. M. SALVIUS OTHO. A. VITELLIUS.
19. 19.T. FLAVIUS VESPASIANUS. TITUS. DOMITIANUS.
20. 20.M. COCCEIUS NERVA. M. ULPIUS TRAJANUS.
21. 21.ART AND LITERATURE UNDER TRAJAN.
22. 22.HADRIAN. T. ANTONINUS PIUS. M. AURELIUS ANTONINUS.
23. 23.COMMODUS. PERTINAX. DIDIUS JULIANUS. SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS.
24. 24.M. ANTONINUS CARACALLA. MACRINUS. ELAGABALUS. ALEXANDER SEVERUS.
25. 25.END OF ALEXANDER SEVERUS. MAXIMIN. GORDIAN, FATHER AND SON. MAXIMUS AND BALBINUS. GORDIAN III. PHILIP. DECIUS.
26. 26.STATE OF THINGS AT HOME. FINE ARTS. LITERATURE.
27. 27.INVASION OF THE GOTHS. DEATH OF DECIUS. GALLUS TREBONIANUS ÆMILIAN. VALERIAN. GALLIENUS. THE THIRTY TYRANTS.
28. 28.CLAUDIUS GOTHICUS. AURELIAN. TACITUS. PROBUS. CARUS.
29. 29.DIOCLETIAN. LITERATURE AND GENERAL STATE OF THE THEN WORLD. MAXIMIAN. HIS SUCCESSORS. CONSTANTINE.
30. 30.THE SUCCESSORS OF CONSTANTINE. JULIAN THE APOSTATE. JOVIAN. VALENTINIAN I. VALENS, GRATIAN. VALENTINIAN II. THEODOSIUS THE GREAT. MAXIMUS.
31. 31.LITERATURE AND FINE ARTS.
32. 32.DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE. HONORIUS, ARCADIUS. STILICHO. ALARIC. RADAGAISE. ADOLPHUS. CONSTANTINE. GERONTIUS. PLACIDIA. VALENTINIAN III. BONIFACE. AETIUS. GENSERIC. ATTILA. PETRONIUS MAXIMUS. AVITUS. RICIMER. MAJORIAN. SEVERUS. ANTHEMIUS. OLYBRIUS. GLYCERIUS. JULIUS NEPOS. ORESTES. ROMULUS AUGUSTULUS.
33. 33.FINE ARTS AND LITERATURE.
34. 34.INDEX.

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