Outlines and References for an Introductory Study of European History

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Excerpt from Outlines and References for an Introductory Study of European History: From the Third to the Thirteenth Century The Roman Empire, especially from the Third Century A very short treatment, helpful as far as it goes, is to be found in Robinson, Introduction to Western European History, p.8-18. For a short account which should prove more satisfactory, see one of the better high school text-books, for example: Adams, European History: or Myers, Ancient History, or West, Ancient History, or Wolfson, Essentials in Ancient History, or Botsford, History of Rome, or Morey. Outlines of Roman History. A clear general view is given by Mr. Hodgkin, in his Dynasty of Theodosius, p.1-54. 1.Development of the Empire 1. Roman expansion. The extent of the Empire at different stages of its development is shown in Dow, Atlas of European History, 3. Some idea of the full extent of the Empire is conveyed by Mr. Hodgkin, in Dynasty, p.3 (from bottom)7. 2.The Republic and the Principate. The general governmental difference between Rome before the emperors and Rome under the emperors is set forth in broad outline in Hodgkin, Dynasty, p.7-17. 3.The age of the Antonines. 2. Troubles of the Third Century 3. Revival of the Central Power 1. Diocletian(284-305) and the tetrarchy. The conditions Diocletian found and the great objects he aimed at are briefly stated in Hodgkin. Dynasty, p.19 23. 2.Constantine the Great(306-337). 3. Constantine's successors, until Theodosius (397-395). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.