The later Roman empire

Henry Smith Williams

The Times, 1907 - World history

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HISTORY IN OUTLINE OF THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE EAST	1

CHAPTER I	25

Byzantine Emperor	29

Byzantine Priest	37

East and the West 30 Alarics revolt 30 Eutropius the Eunuch 33 Tribigild	39

Costume of a Byzantine Emperor	49

Weapons of the Huns	57

the Huns 48 The diplomacy of Attila 54 Attempt to assassinate Attila 58 Suc	60

The empress Irene 216 Irene and iconoclasm 217 End of Byzantine authority	228

CHAPTER VIII	235

The Russian war 237 War with the Saracens 241 The apex of glory	242

and his successors 243 Separation of Greek and Latin churches 250	259

Troubles of Alexius 259 The Norman invasion 260 Joannes II Comnenus	278

THE LATIN EMPIRE 12041261 A D	282

The pope acknowledged 286 Fate of the royal fugitives 287 Baldwin	300

Joannes IV Lascaris 305 Michael VIII Palæologus 305 Michael Palæologus	330

CHAPTER III	66

Coats of Mail very early Period	69

A Byzantine Goblet	77

building of St Sophia 79 Other buildings of Justinian 81 Fortifications	82

Gothic Weapons and Helmet	85

Byzantine Oil Vase	93

A Goth	102

Suppression of the schools 85 Extinction of the Roman consulship 87 The Van	103

Byzantium rids Rome of the Goths 106 Finlays estimate of Belisarius	109

A Goth of Quality	110

A Byzantine Costume	118

The Goths renew the war 110 Belisarius in Rome 111 Gibbons estimate of Beli	124

Gold Medallion of Justinian	126

Justinian as a legislator	131

Ancient Lamp	136

REIGN OF JUSTIN II TO HERACLIUS 565629 A D	137

Reign of Tiberius 140 The Emperor Maurice 142 The Persian War	143

Byzantine Coloured Glass Bracelets	145

The Avars 147 State of the Roman armies 150 Rebellion against Maurice	151

A Byzantine Officer	152

Phocas emperor 153 Heraclius emperor 155 Heraclius plans to remove	162

Trophy of Roman Arms and Ensign	164

CHAPTER VI	170

A Saracenic Metal Casket	173

Religious activities of Heraclius 177 Wars with the Mohammedans 179	176

Robes of a Pope of the Seventh Century	183

Part of a Saracen Standard	190

reign of Constans II 182 Religious feuds 183 The growing danger from	194

A Byzantine Peasant	200

The Iconoclasts 207 Iconoclasm after Leo 209 The reign of Constan	211

Roman churches 337 Reign of Constantine XIII 338 War with Muhammed	340

and Palæologi	356

CHAPTER I	377

Theodoric and the Church 389 The fate of Boethius and Symmachus	391

of the Goths 399 Belisarius and the siege of Rome 399 Sufferings of	407

Second siege of Rome 413 Totila captures Rome 415 Belisarius	424

The Lombards in the region of the Danube 429 Wars with the Gepids	434

Extent of Lombard sway 440 The reign and wooing of Authari 442 Lombard	455

and the Salic Laws 463 The reign of Clovis 466 Clovis turns Christian	469

Successors of Clovis to Pepin 477 The rise of Pepin 481 Pepin of Heristal	482

The career of Charles Martel	488

CHAPTER IV	497

The anointing of Pepin 507 Lombard affairs 509 The pope visits Pepin	506

Pepin invades Italy 513 Second war with the Lombards 513 Desiderius	511

CHAPTER V	520

The pass of Roncesvalles 525 Third visit to Italy 526 Bavarian	528

His imperial title 535 His death 535 His will and testament 537 Giesebrecht	552

CHARLEMAGNES SUCCESSORS TO THE TREATY OF VERDUN 814843 A D	557

Last years of Louis 563 Quarrels of his successors 565 Charles	571

Ludwig turns against Charles the Bald 577 The end of Lothair 578 Ludwig	580

Ravages of the Northmen 586 Charles the Fat 587 Arnulf 589 Arnulf enters	595

Reign of Henry I the Fowler 598 The unification of the empire 599 Wars	601

CHAPTER VIII	608

Otto II 621 Otto in France and Italy 622 Quelling of the Slavs 622 Otto III	623

CHAPTER IX	630

and Germany 635 The accession of Henry III 638 Henrys efforts for peace	639

The papacy subordinated to Henry 640 The truce of God 644 Sorrows of Henrys	648

a contemporary account 650 Henrys struggle to regain	656

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Aistulf Alexius alliance ancient Andronicus Arcadius arms army Asia attack Attila Avars barbarians battle Belisarius bishop brother Bulgarians Byzantine Byzantine Empire camp capital captive Carloman century Charlemagne Charles Charles the Bald Christian church clergy Clovis command compelled conqueror conquest Conrad Constantine Constantinople crown Danube daughter death defeated dominions duke East Eastern Empire ecclesiastical emperor empress enemy Epirus father favour fleet force Frankish Franks Gepids German Gothic Goths Greek Henry Heraclius honour Huns imperial invade Italy Joannes Justinian king kingdom land Latin Liutprand Lombards Lothair Ludwig Manuel marched Michael military Mohammedans monarch Narses nation Nicæa Nicephorus nobles Ostrogoths Otto Ottoman palace Palæologus patriarch peace Pepin Persian pope possession prince Procopius provinces Ravenna reign restored Roman Empire Rome royal Saracens Saxons Scythia siege soldiers soon sovereign succeeds success successor Theodoric Theodosius thousand Thrace throne tion Totila treaty troops Turks valour vassals victory Visigoths Witiges

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Title	The later Roman empire Volume 7 of The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by the Great Writers of All Ages, Henry Smith Williams
Editor	Henry Smith Williams
Publisher	The Times, 1907
Original from	UC Southern Regional Library Facility
Digitized	Jul 31, 2015

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