gress Of The Huns, From
China To Europe.--Flight Of The Goths.--They Pass The
Danube. --Gothic War.--Defeat And Death Of Valens.--Gratian
Invests Theodosius With The Eastern Empire.--His Character
And Success. --Peace And Settlement Of The Goths.

VOLUME FOUR

Chapter XXXIX: Gothic Kingdom Of Italy.--Part I. Part II. Part
III.

Zeno And Anastasius, Emperors Of The East.--Birth,
Education, And First Exploits Of Theodoric The Ostrogoth.--
His Invasion And Conquest Of Italy.--The Gothic Kingdom Of
Italy.--State Of The West.--Military And Civil Government.--
The Senator Boethius.--Last Acts And Death Of Theodoric.

Chapter XL: Reign Of Justinian.--Part I. Part II. Part III. Part
IV. Part V.

Elevation Of Justin The Elder.--Reign Of Justinian.--I. The
Empress Theodora.--II. Factions Of The Circus, And Sedition
Of Constantinople.--III. Trade And 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, Character Of
Balisarius.--Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV. Part V. Part VI.

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