| Disk 1 |
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The Most Civilised Portion Of Mankind
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The Terror Of The Roman Arms - The Preservation Of Peace By A Constant Preparation For War
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Every Useful Intrument Of War
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| 4. |
An Empire United By Laws And Adorned By Arts
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| 5. |
The Roman Language - An Influence Over National Manners
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The Most Numerous Society Under The Same System Of Government
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The Fate Of The Roman World Depended On The Will Of Augustus
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| 8. |
A Succession Of Monsters With Uparalleled Vices
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| 9. |
The Rule Of The Two Antonines - The Only Period Of History In Which The Happiness Of A Great People
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Commodus - Revelling In The Licence Of Sovereign Power
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| 11. |
Pertinax Accedes To Power
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| Disk 2 |
| 1. |
The Praetorian Guards And The Bribe Of Didius Julianus
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| 2. |
Septimus Severus - A Pernicious Indulgence
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The Two Sons Of Severus - Caracalla And Geta
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Caracalla Becomes Sole Emperor
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Antoninus Becomes Elagabalus, Supreme Emperor And Pontiff - And Licentious Despot
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| 6. |
The Reign Of Alexander - An Auspicious Calm Of Thirteen Years
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| 7. |
The Rise Of Maximin, Dark And Sanguinary
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| 8. |
Confusion Of Power Between Maximus, Balbinus And Gordianus
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| 9. |
Philip - A Period Of Games
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| 10. |
Decius And The Appearance Of The Goths
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| 11. |
Hostilianus And Gallus
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| 12. |
Aemilianus, Valerian And Gallienus - An Empire Oppressed
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| 13. |
Claudius - The First Of The Restorers Of The Roman World
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| Disk 3 |
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Aurelian - Four Years Of Memorable Achievement
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| 2. |
Zenobia Fights Back - The Fate Of The East Is Decided
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| 3. |
The Death Of Aurelian And The Accession Of Tacitus
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| 4. |
Probus And The Deliverance Of Gaul And 70 German Cities
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| 5. |
Carus, Numerian And Carinus - Soft, Cruel, Devoted To Pleasure Yet Destitute Of Taste
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The Illustrious Reign Of Diocletian And Maximian
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The End Of Rome As The Capital Of The Empire
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| 8. |
The Abdication Of Diocletian
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| 9. |
Two New Augusti - Constantius And Galerius
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| 10. |
The Elevation Of Constantine And A Time Of Confusion
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| 11. |
The Final Battle Between Constantine And Maxentius
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| Disk 4 |
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Constantine Overwhelms Licinius, A Victory Which Leads To The Foundation Of Constantinople
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| 2. |
A Candid But Rational Inquiry Into The Progress And Establishment Of Christianity Under The Roman Em
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| 3. |
A Dark And Unjust Record Righted
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| 4. |
Nero - Mistakenly Judged One Of History's Most Vilified Figures
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| 5. |
Protection For The Christians
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| 6. |
Diocletian Introduces Systematic Repression
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| 7. |
Gibbon's Conclusions On The Roman Persecution Of The Christians
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| 8. |
Constantine - A New Capital But A Fatal Flaw In Defence
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| Disk 5 |
| 1. |
The Petty Abuse Of Power And Local Tyrannies
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| 2. |
Asiatic Pomp And A Gradual Decline
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| 3. |
Constantius, Gallus And The Eunuchs
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| 4. |
Julian, A Caesar Of Very Different Ilk
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| 5. |
The Establishment Of Christianity
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| 6. |
The Rise In Popularity Of Julian
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| 7. |
The Road To Civil War
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| 8. |
Julian Assumes Supreme Power
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| 9. |
The Apostasy Of Julian
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| 10. |
The Death Of Julian
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| Disk 6 |
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Jovian - A Brief Reign
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| 2. |
Valentinian, Emperor Of The West And Valens, Emperor Of The East
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| 3. |
Gratian, Emperor Of The West
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| 4. |
The Humbling Of The Empire
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| 5. |
The Incursion Of The Visigoth Fritigern And The Death Of Valens At Hadrianople
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| 6. |
Theodosius, Emperor Of The East, Aims For A Modus Vivendi With The Visigoths
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| 7. |
Maximus Takes Rule Of The Western Empire But Unadvisedly Marches Against Theodosius
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| 8. |
Arcadius And Honorius And Their Commander Stilicho
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| 9. |
The Power Of The Visigoths Under Alaric
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| 10. |
The Execution Of Stilicho Opens The Goths' Road To Rome
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| 11. |
The Decadence Of The Empire In The Reign Of Honorius And The Siege Of Rome
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| 12. |
The Sound Of The Gothic Trumpet
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| 13. |
The End Of The Roman Empire In The West
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| 14. |
The Reign Of Odoacer, The First Barbarian King Of Italy
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| 15. |
General Observations On The Fall Of The Roman Empire In The West
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