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CONTENTS
| The Consul assembles the Senate | 319 | |
| Character of Tacitus | 319 | |
| He is elected Emperor | 320 | |
| He accepts the Purple | 321 | |
| Authority of the Senate | 321 | |
| Their Joy and Confidence | 322 | |
| 276 | Tacitus is acknowleged by the Army | 323 |
| The Alani invade Asia and are repulsed by Tacitus | 323 | |
| 276 | Death of the Emperor Tacitus | 324 |
| Usurpation and Death of his Brother Florianus | 324 | |
| Their Family Subsists in Obscurity | 325 | |
| Character and Elevation of the Emperor Probus | 326 | |
| His Respectful Conduct towards the Senate | 326 | |
| Victories of Probus over the Barbarians | 328 | |
| 277 | He delivers Gaul from the Invasion of the Germans | 329 |
| He carries his Arms into Germany | 330 | |
| He builds a Wall from the Rhine to the Danube | 331 | |
| Introduction and Settlement of the Barbarians | 332 | |
| Daring Enterprise of the Franks | 333 | |
| 279 | Revolt of Saturninus in the East | 334 |
| 280 | —————of Bonosus and Proculus in Gaul | 335 |
| 281 | Triumph of the Emperor Probus | 335 |
| His Discipline | 336 | |
| 282 | His Death | 336 |
| Election and Character of Carus | 337 | |
| The Sentiments of the Senate and People | 338 | |
| Carus defeats the Sarmatians and marches into the East | 339 | |
| 283 | He gives Audience to the Persian Ambassadors | 339 |
| 283 | His victories and extraordinary Death | 340 |
| He is succeeded by his two Sons, Carinus and Numerian | 341 | |
| 284 | Vices of Carinus | 341 |
| He celebrates the Roman Games | 343 | |
| Spectacles of Rome | 343 | |
| The Amphitheatre | 344 | |
| Return of Numerian with the Army from Persia | 346 | |
| Death of Numerian | 347 | |
| 284 | Election of the Emperor Diocletian | 348 |
| 285 | Defeat and Death of Carinus | 349 |
The Reign of Diocletian and his three Associates, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius—General Re-establishment of Order and Tranquillity—The Persian War, Victory, and Triumph — The New Form of Administration—Abdication and Retirement of Diocletian and Maximian
| A.D. | PAGE | |
| 285 | Elevation and Character of Diocletian | 350 |
| His Clemency in Victory | 351 | |
| 286 | Association and Character of Maximian | 352 |
| 292 | Association of two Cæsars, Galerius and Constantius | 353 |
| [293] | Departments and Harmony of the four Princes | 354 |
| Series of Events | 355 |
