A History of the Later Roman Empire 2 Volume Set

Volume 1: Book I. Introduction: 1. Christianity and paganism; 2. Influence of Christianity on society; 3. Elements of disintegration in the Roman empire; 4. The administration of the empire; 5. Constantinople; Book II. The House of Theodosius: 1. Rufinus and Eutropius; 2. The Germans in the East; 3. John Chrysostom; 4. Stilicho and Alaric; 5. Theodosius II and Marcian; 6. Beginnings of the dismemberment of the empire; 7. Invasions of the Huns; 8. The patrician Aetius; 9. The church in the fifth century; 10. Life and manners in the fifth century; 11. A glimpse of Hun life; Book III. The House of Leo the Great: 1. Leo I; 2. Ricimer the Patrician; 3. Zeno; 4. The Ostrogoths in Illyricum and Thrace; 5. Odovacar the Patrician and Theodoric the Patrician; 6. Anastasius I; 7. The Persian war; 8. Greek literature of the fifth century; Book IV, Part I. The House of Justin: 1. The reign of Justin I and the earlier years of Justinian's reign; 2. Justinian and Theodora; 3. The legal works of Justinian; 4. First Persian war (528–532 AD); 5. The reconquest of Africa and Italy; 6. The great plague; 7. The final conquest of Italy and the conquest of south-eastern Spain; 8 Second Persian war (540–545 AD); 9. The Lazic war (549–556 AD); 10 The later years of Justinian's reign. Volume 2: Book IV, Part I continued. The House of Justin: 11. Justinian's Caesaropapism; 12. The slaves; 13. Changes in the provincial administration; 14. The geography of Europe at the end of Justinian's reign; 15. Byzantine art; 16. Notes on the manners, industries, and commerce in the age of Justinian; Book IV, Part 2. The Collapse of Justinian's System: 1. Justin II and Tiberius II; 2. Maurice; 3. The Persian war (572–591 AD); 4. Slaves and Avars in Illyricum and Thrace; 5. The Lombards in Italy; 6. The empire and the Franks; 7. The language of the Romaioi in the sixth century; 8. Literature of the sixth century; Book V. The House of Heraclius: 1. Phocas; 2. Heraclius (610–622 AD); 3. The Persian war; 4. Monotheletism; 5. Literature in the reign of Heraclius; 6. Dismemberment of the empire by the Saracens; 7. The Slavonic settlements in Illyricum and Thrace; 8. Constans II; 9. Constantine IV; 10. Justinian II; 11. Foundation of the Bulgarian kingdom; 12. Origin of the system of themes; 13. Twenty years of anarchy; 14. Social and religious decay in the seventh century; Book VI. The House of Leo the Isaurian: 1. The repulse of the Saracens; 2. The administration of Leo III; 3. The iconoclastic movement; 4. Imperial Italy in the eighth century; 5. Constantine V; 6. Iconoclastic policy of Constantine; 7. Bulgaria; 8. Leo IV; 9. Constantine VI and Irene; 10. The reaction against iconoclasm; 11. The popes, the Lombards, and the Franks; 12. The geographical aspect of Europe at the end of the eighth century; 13. Society in the eighth century; 14. Conclusion; Index.