d Manufacture Of Silk.--
IV. Finances And Taxes.--V. Edifices Of Justinian.--Church
Of St. Sophia.--Fortifications And Frontiers Of The Eastern
Empire.--Abolition Of The Schools Of Athens, And The
Consulship Of Rome.

Chapter XLI: Conquests Of Justinian, Charact Of Balisarius.--Part
I. Part II. Part III. Part IV. Part V.

Conquests Of Justinian In The West.--Character And First
Campaigns Of Belisarius--He Invades And Subdues The Vandal
Kingdom Of Africa--His Triumph.--The Gothic War.--He
Recovers Sicily, Naples, And Rome.--Siege Of Rome By The
Goths.--Their Retreat And Losses.--Surrender Of Ravenna.--
Glory Of Belisarius.--His Domestic Shame And Misfortunes.

Chapter XLII: State Of The Barbaric World.--Part I. Part II. Part
III. Part IV.

State Of The Barbaric World.--Establishment Of The Lombards
On the Danube.--Tribes And Inroads Of The Sclavonians.--
Origin, Empire, And Embassies Of The Turks.--The Flight Of
The Avars.--Chosroes I, Or Nushirvan, King Of Persia.--His
Prosperous Reign And Wars With The Romans.--The Colchian Or
Lazic War.--The Aethiopians.

Chapter XLIII: Last Victory And Death Of Belisarius, Death Of
Justinian.--Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV.

Rebellions Of Africa.--Restoration Of The Gothic Kingdom By
Totila.--Loss And Recovery Of Rome.--Final Conquest Of Italy
By Narses.--Extinction Of The Ostrogoths.--Defeat Of The
Franks And Alemanni.--Last Victory, Disgrace, And Death Of
Belisarius.--Death And Character Of Justinian.--Comet,
Earthquakes, And Plague.

Chapter XLIV: Idea Of The Roman Jurisprudence.--Part I. Part II.
Part III. Part IV. Part V. Part VI. Part VII. Part VIII.

Idea Of The Roman Jurisprudence.--The Laws Of The Kings--The
Twelve Of The Decemvirs.--The Laws Of The People.--The
Decrees Of The Senate.--The Edicts Of The Magistrates And
Emperors--Authority Of The Civilians.--Code, Pandects,
Novels, And Institutes Of Justinian:--I. Rights Of
Persons.--II. Rights Of Things.--III. Private Injuries And
Actions.--IV. Crimes And Punishments.

Chapter XLV: State Of Italy Under The Lombards.--Part I. Part II.
Part III.

Reign Of The Younger Justin.--Embassy Of The Avars.--Their
Settlement On The Danube.--Conquest Of Italy By The
Lombards.--Adoption And Reign Of Tiberius.--Of Maurice.--
State Of Italy Under The Lomba