| Of the Constitution of the Roman Empire in the Age of the Antonines |
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| Idea of a Monarchy; Situation of Augustus; He reforms the Senate; Resigns his usurped Power
—Is prevailed upon to resume it under the Title of Emperor or General; Power of the Roman Generals; Lieutenants of the Emperor;
Division of the Provinces between the Emperor and the Senate; The former preserves his Military Command, and Guards, in Rome itself; Consular and Tribunitian powers; Imperial Prerogatives; The Magistrates; The Senate;
General Idea of the Imperial System; Court of the Emperors; Deification;
Titles of Augustus and Caesar; Character and Policy of Augustus;
Image of Liberty for the People; Attempts of the Senate after the Death of Caligula;
Image of Government for the Armies
— Their Obedience;
Designation of a Successor; Of Tiberius; Of Titus;
The Race of the Caesars, and Flavian Family
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| AD | Event |
| 96 | Adoption and Character of Trajan
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| 117 | Of Hadrian;
Adoption of the Elder and younger Verus
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| 138-180 |
Adoption of the two Antonines; Character and Reign of Pius;
Character and Reign of Marcus;
Happiness of the Romans—
Its Precarious Nature; Memory of Tiberius, Caligula, Nero, and Domitian;
Peculiar Misery of the Romans under the Tyrants; Insensibility of the Orientals;
Knowledge and free Spirit of the Romans;
Extent of their Empire left them no place of Refuge |
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