CHAPTER Ⅰ．THE EXTENT AND MILITARY FORCE OF THE EMPIRE，IN THE AGE OF THE ANTONINES 1
CHAPTER Ⅱ．OF THE UNION AND INTERNAL PROSPERITY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE AGE OF THE ANTONINES 28
CHAPTER Ⅲ．OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE AGE OF THE ANTONINES 58
CHAPTER Ⅳ．THE CRUELTY，FOLLIES，AND MURDER OF COMMODUS－ELECTION OF PERTINAX－HIS ATTEMPTS TO REFORM THE STATE－HIS ASSASSINATION BY THE PRAETORIAN GUARDS 82
CHAPTER Ⅴ．PUBLIC SALE OF THE EMPIRE TO DIDIUS JULIANUS BY THE PRAETORIAN GUARDS－CLODIUS ALBINUS IN BRITAIN，PESCENNIUS NIGER IN SYRIA，AND SEPTIMIUS SERVERUS IN PANNONIA，DECLARE AGAINST THE MURDERERS OF PERTINAX－CIVIL WARS AND VICTORY OF SEVERUS OVER HIS THREE RIVALS－RELAXATION OF DISCIPLINE－NEW MAXIMS OF GOVERNMENT 101
CHAPTER Ⅵ．THE DEATH OF SEVERUS－TYRANNY OF CARACALLA－USURPATION OF MACRINUS－FOLLIES OF ELAGABALUS－VIRTUES OF ALEXANDER SEVERUS－LICENTIOUSNESS OF THE ARMY－GENERAL STATE OF THE ROMAN FINANCES 123
CHAPTER Ⅶ．THE ELEVATION AND TYRANNY OF MAXIMIN－REBELLION IN AFRICA AND ITALY，UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE SENATE－CIVIL WARS AND SEDITIONS－VIOLENT DEATHS OF MAXIMIAN AND HIS SON，OF MAXIMUS AND BALBINUS，AND OF THE THREE GORDIANS－USURPATION AND SECULAR GAMES OF PHILIP 163
CHAPTER Ⅷ．OF THE STATE OF PERSIA AFTER THE RESTORATION OF THE MONARCHY BY ARTAXERXES 189
CHAPTER Ⅸ．THE STATE OF GERMANY TILL THE INVASION OF THE BARBARIANS，IN THE TIME OF THE EMPEROR DECIUS 208
CHAPTER Ⅹ．THE EMPERORS DECIUS，GALLUS，AEMILIANUS，VALERIAN，AND GALLIENUS－THE GENERAL IRRUPTION OF THE BARBARIANS－THE THIRTY TYRANTS 231
CHAPTER Ⅺ．REIGN OF CLAUDIUS－DEFEAT OF THE GOTHS－VICTORIES，TRIUMPH，AND DEATH OF AURELIAN 275
CHAPTER Ⅻ．CONDUCT OF THE ARMY AND SENATE AFTER THE DEATH OF AURELIAN－REIGNS OF TACITUS，PROBUS，CARUS，AND HIS SONS 307
CHAPTER ⅩⅢ．THE REIGN OF DIOCLETIAN AND HIS THREE ASSOCIATES，MAXIMIAN，GALERIUS，AND CONSTANTIUS－GENERAL REESTABLISHMENT OF ORDER AND TRANQUILLITY－THE PERSIAN WAR，VICTORY AND TRIUMPH－THE NEW FORM OF ADMINISTRATION－ABDICATION AND RETIREMENT OF DIOCLETIAN AND MAXIMIAN 340
CHAPTER ⅩⅣ．TROUBLES AFTER THE ABDICATION OF DIOCLETIAN－DEATH OF CONSTANTIUS－ELEVATION OF CONSTANTINE AND MAXENTIUS－SIX EMPERORS AT THE SAME TIME－DEATH OF MAXIMIAN AND GALERIUS－VICTORIES OF CONSTANTINE OVER MAXENTIUS AND LICINIUS－RE-UNION OF THE EMPIRE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF CONSTANTINE 383
CHAPTER ⅩⅤ．THE PROGRESS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION－SENTIMENTS，MANNERS，NUMBERS，AND CONDITIONS OF THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS 430
INDEX VOLUME Ⅵ 571