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JEWELS FROM THE WESTERN CIVILIZATIONA HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIREFROMITS FOUNDATION (BY CAESAR AUGUSTUS)TOTHE DEATH OF MARCUS AURELIUS(27 BC-180 AD) JOHN BAGNELL BURYCONTENTSI. FROM THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM TO THE FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCIPATE. II. THE PRINCIPATEIII. THE JOINT GOVERNMENT OF THE PRINCEPS AND SENATE IV. THE FAMILY OF AUGUSTUS AND HIS PLANS TO FOUND A DYNASTYV. ADMINISTRATION OF AUGUSTUS IN ROME AND ITALY. ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY VI. PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION UNDER AUGUSTUS. WESTERN PROVINCES VII. THE EASTERN PROVINCES AND EGYPT.VIII. ROME AND PARTHIA. EXPEDITIONS TO ARABIA AND ETHIOPIA IX. THE WINNING AND LOSING OF GERMANY. DEATH OF AUGUSTUS X. ROME UNDER AUGUSTUS. HIS BUILDINGS XI. LITERATURE OF THE AUGUSTAN AGEXII. THE PRINCIPATE OF TIBERIUS (14-37) XIII. THE PRINCIPATE OF TIBERIUS (continued)XIV THE PRINCIPATE OF GAIUS (CALIGULA) (37-41) XV. THE PRINCIPATE OF CLAUDIUS (41-54) XVI. THE CONQUEST OF BRITAIN. XVII. THE PRINCIPATE OF NERO (54-68). XVIII. THE WARS FOR ARMENIA, UNDER CLAUDIUS AND NERO. XIX. THE PRINCIPATE OF GALBA, AND THE YEAR OF THE FOUR EMPERORS (68-69) XX. REBELLIONS IN GERMANY AND JUDEA. XXI. THE FLAVIAN EMPERORS. VESPASIAN, TITUS, AND DOMITIAN (69-96) XXII. BRITAIN AND GERMANY UNDER THE FLAVIANS. DACIAN WAR XXIII. NERVA AND TRAJAN. THE CONQUEST OF DACIA XXIV. TRAJAN'S PRINCIPATE ADMINISTRATION AND EASTERN CONQUESTSXXV. LITERATURE FROM THE DEATH OF TIBERIUS TO TRAJAN.XXVI. THE PRINCIPATE OF HADRIAN (117-138) XXVII. THE PRINCIPATE OF ANTONINUS PIUS (138-161) XXVIII. THE PRINCIPATE OF MARCUS AURELIUS (161-180) XXIX. LITERATURE UNDER HADRIAN AND THE ANTONINESXXX. THE ROMAN WORLD UNDER THE EMPIRE. POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND ARTXXXI. ROMAN LIFE AND MANNERS