Chapter II: Introduction

THE SCOPE, THE SOURCES AND THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE HISTORY OF IMPERIAL
ROME 15

CHAPTER XXIX

THE EMPIRE AND THE PROVINCES (15 B.C.-14 A.D.) 25

Augustus makes Egypt his private province, 43. Administration
of the provinces, 47. Army and navy under Augustus, 49.

CHAPTER XXX

THE GERMAN PEOPLE AND THE EMPIRE (16 B.C.-19 A.D.) 56

The German War of Independence against Rome, 59. The battle
of Teutoburg Forest, 64. The campaigns of Germanicus, 69.
Victories of Germanicus, 71. Gruesome relics in Teutoburg
Forest, 72. The return march, 72. Battling with Arminius, 74.
Germanicus recalled to Rome, 76. End of Marboduus and Arminius,
76.

CHAPTER XXXI

THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS: ASPECTS OF ITS CIVILISATION (30 B.C.-14 A.D.) 78

Empire is peace, 78. Comparison between Augustus and Napoleon
III, 80. The Roman Empire compared with modern England, 84. The
Roman constitution, 86. Augustus named imperator for life, 87.
The imperator named Princeps Senatus and Pontifex Maximus, 88.
Tightening the reins of power, 90. Panem et Circenses: Food
and games, 91. Pauperising the masses, 92. Games: Gladiatorial
contests, 94. Races and theatricals, 96. Novum seculum: The
new birth for Rome, 97. Literature of the Golden Age, 101.
Merivale’s estimate of Livy, 107. Livy as the artistic limner
of the Roman people, 109. The spirit of the times, 112.

CHAPTER XXXII

THE LAST YEARS OF AUGUSTUS (21 B.C.-14 A.D.) 116

The personal characteristics of Augustus, 120. A brief résumé
of the character and influence of Augustus, 129.