THE HISTORY OF THE

DECLINE AND FALL OF THE

ROMAN EMPIRE.

BY EDWARD GIBBON.

A NEW EDITION, WITH NOTES.

BY DEAN MILMAN, M. GUIZOT, AND SIR WILLIAM
SMITH, D.C.L., LL.D.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES.-VOL. V.

WITH PORTRAIT AND MAPS,

NEW IMPRESSION.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1903.

PRINTED BY

WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES.

All rights reserved

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIFTH VOLUME.

CHAPTER XXXIX.

ZENO AND ANASTASIUS, EMPERORS OF THE EAST.

BIRTH, EDUCATION, AND

FIRST EXPLOITS OF THEODORIC THE OSTROGOTH.-HIS INVASION AND CON

QUEST OF ITALY.-THE GOTHIC KINGDOM OF ITALY.-STATE OF THE WEST.

MILITARY AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT.

ACTS AND DEATH OF THEODORIC.

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THE SENATOR BOETHIUS.

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LAST

Civil Government of Italy ac-
cording to the Roman Laws
Prosperity of Rome.

Flourishing State of Italy.

Theodoric an Arian.

His toleration of the Catholics

Vices of his Government.

He is provoked to persecute

the Catholics . .

Character, Studies, and Ilo-

nours of Boethius

His Patriotism

He is accused of Treason

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524. His Imprisonment and Death

525. Death of Symmachus

526. Remorse and Death of Theo-

doric.

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CHAPTER XL.

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ELEVATION OF JUSTIN THE ELDER.- -REIGN OF JUSTINIAN:-I. THE EMPRESS

THEODORA. -II. FACTIONS OF THE CIRCUS, AND SEDITION OF CONSTANTI-

NOPLE. III. TRADE AND MANUFACTURE OF SILK. IV. FINANCES AND

TAXES.-V. EDIFICES OF JUSTINIAN.- -CHURCH OF ST. SOPHIA.-FORTIFICA-

TIONS AND FRONTIERS OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE.-VI. ABOLITION OF THE

SCHOOLS OF ATHENS AND THE CONSULSHIP OF ROME.