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- Third Period—Rome as an Empire
(31 B.C.–A.D. 476) CHAPTER PAGE XLV. The Establishment of the Empire and the Reign of Augustus Caesar (31 B.C.–A.D. 14)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................484 XLVI. From Tiberius to Marcus AureUus (A.D. 14–180)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................494 XLVII. The Empire under Commodus and "The Barrack Emperors" (A.D. 180–284)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................514 XLVIII. The Reigns of Diocletian and Constantine the Great................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................520 I. The Reign of Diocletian (A.D. 284–305)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................520 II. Reign of Constantine the Great (A.D. 306–337)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................524 XLIX. The Last Century of the Empire in the West (A.D. 376–476)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................532 L. Architecture, Literature, Law, and Social Life among the Romans................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................549 I. Architecture................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................549 II. Literature and Law................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................555 III. Social Life................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................562 - PART IV—THE ROMANO-GERMAN OR TRANSITION AGE
(A.D. 476–800) LI. The Barbarian Kingdoms................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................571 LII. The Church and its Institutions................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................576 I. The Conversion of the Barbarians................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................576 II. The Rise of Monasticism................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................579 LII. The Rise of the Papacy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................582 LIII. The Fusion of Latin and Teuton................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................587 LIV. The Roman Empire in the East................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................592 LV. The Rise of Islam................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................595 LVI. Charlemagne and the Restoration of the Empire in the West................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................603 - Index and Pronouncing Vocabulary................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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