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Pinnock’s Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith’s History of Rome

PREFACE
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From the First Triumvirate to the death of Pompey, viz.
Section 1 .-- Caesar's wars in Gaul--Commencement of the Civil war -- -- 2 .-- Caesar's victorious career -- -- 3 .-- The campaign in Thessaly and Epirus -- -- 4 .-- The battle of Pharsalia----5 .-- Death of Pompey XXI.

From the Destruction of the Commonwealth to the establishment of the first Emperor, Augustus, viz.
Section 1 .-- Caesar's Egyptian campaign -- -- 2 .-- The African campaign -- -- 3 .-- Death of Caesar -- -- 4 .-- The Second Triumvirate -- -- 5 .-- The Battle of Philippi -- -- 6 .-- Dissensions of Antony and Augustus -- -- 7 .-- The Battle of Actium -- -- 8 .-- The Conquest of Egypt XXII.

From the accession of Augustus to the death of Domitian, viz.
Section 1 .-- The beneficent Administration of Augustus -- -- 2 .-- Death of Augustus -- -- 3 .-- The reign of Tiberius--Death of Germanicus -- -- 4 .-- Death of Sejanus and Tiberius--Accession of Caligula -- -- 5 .-- Extravagant cruelties of Caligula--His death -- -- 6 .-- The Reign of Claudius -- -- 7 .-- The reign of Nero -- -- 8 .-- Death of Nero--Reigns of Galba and Otho -- -- 9 .-- The reigns of Vitellius and Vespasian--The siege of Jerusalem by Titus -- -- 10 .-- The Reigns of Titus and Domitian -- -- 11 .-- The assassination of Domitian XXIII.

The Five good emperors of Rome, viz.
Section 1 .-- The Reigns of Nerva and Trajan -- -- 2 .-- The Reign of Adrian -- -- 3 .-- The Reign of Antoninus Pius -- -- 4 .-- The reign of Marcus Aurelius XXIV.

From the accession of Commodus to the change of the seat of Government, from Rome to Constantinople, viz.
Section 1 .-- The Reigns of Commodus, Pertinax, and Didius -- -- 2 .-- The Reigns of Severus, Caracalla, Maximus, and Heliogabalus -- -- 3 .-- The reigns of Alexander, Maximin, and Gordian -- -- 4 .-- The Reigns of Philip, Decius, Gallus, Valerian, Claudius, Aurelian, Tacitus, and Probus -- -- 5 .-- The reigns of Carus, Carinus, Dioclesian, and Constantius--Accession of Constantine -- -- 6 .-- The reign of Constantine XXV.
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