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John Lord
Rome

The Grandeur and Failure of its Civilization

by John Lord

INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. THE CONQUESTS OF THE ROMANS.
CHAPTER II. THE MATERIAL GRANDEUR AND GLORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
CHAPTER III. THE WONDERS OF ANCIENT ROME.
CHAPTER IV. ART IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
CHAPTER V. THE ROMAN CONSTITUTION.
CHAPTER VI. ROMAN JURISPRUDENCE.
CHAPTER VII. ROMAN LITERATURE.
CHAPTER VIII. GRECIAN PHILOSOPHY.
CHAPTER IX. SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AMONG THE ROMANS.
CHAPTER X. INTERNAL CONDITION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
CHAPTER XI. THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE.
CHAPTER XII. THE REASONS WHY THE CONSERVATIVE INFLUENCES OF PAGAN CIVILIZATION DID NOT ARREST THE RUIN OF THE ROMAN WORLD.
CHAPTER XIII. WHY CHRISTIANITY DID NOT ARREST THE RUIN OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
CHAPTER XIV. THE LEGACY OF THE EARLY CHURCH TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.

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