The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Other by Edward Gibbon; Philip Madoc, Neville Jason
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Part 01-01: The most civilised portion of mankind.Edward Gibbon12:39
- 2Part 01-02: The terror of the Roman arms - the preservation of peace by a constant preparation for warEdward Gibbon9:32
- 3Part 01-03: Every useful instrument of warEdward Gibbon5:49
- 4Part 01-04: An empire united by laws and adorned by artsEdward Gibbon8:30
- 5Part 01-05: The Roman language - an influence over national mannersEdward Gibbon3:42
- 6Part 01-06: The most numerous society under the same system of governmentEdward Gibbon7:23
- 7Part 01-07: The fate of the Roman world depended on the will of AugustusEdward Gibbon9:53
- 8Part 01-08: A succession of monsters with unparalleled vicesEdward Gibbon2:39
- 9Part 01-09: The rule of the two Antonines - the only period of history in which the happiness of a great people was the sole object of governmentEdward Gibbon1:03
- 10Part 01-10: Commodus - revelling in the licence of sovereign powerEdward Gibbon14:33
- 11Part 01-11: Pertinax accedes to powerEdward Gibbon3:22
- CD 2
- 1Part 02-01: The Praetorian Guards and the bribe of Didius JulianusEdward Gibbon8:27
- 2Part 02-02: Septimus Severus - a pernicious indulgenceEdward Gibbon2:20
- 3Part 02-03: The two sons of Severus - Caracella and GetaEdward Gibbon6:11
- 4Part 02-04: Caracella becomes sole emperorEdward Gibbon6:02
- 5Part 02-05: Antonius becomes Elagabalus, supreme emperor and pontiff - and licentious despotEdward Gibbon4:53
- 6Part 02-06: The reign of Alexander - an auspicious calm of thirteen yearsEdward Gibbon9:00
- 7Part 02-07: The rise of Maximin, dark and sanguinaryEdward Gibbon7:59
- 8Part 02-08: Confusion of power between Maximus, Balbinus and GordianusEdward Gibbon7:56
- 9Part 02-09: Philip - a period of gamesEdward Gibbon4:32
- 10Part 02-10: Decius and the appearance of the GothsEdward Gibbon6:01
- 11Part 02-11: Hostilianus and GallusEdward Gibbon3:01
- 12Part 02-12: Aemilianus, Valerian and Gallieneus - an empire oppressedEdward Gibbon9:05
- 13Part 02-13: Claudius - the first of the Restorers of the Roman worldEdward Gibbon3:35
- CD 3
- 1Part 03-01: Aurelian - four years of memorable achievementEdward Gibbon11:45
- 2Part 03-02: Zenobia fights back - the fate of the East is decidedEdward Gibbon10:49
- 3Part 03-03: The death of Aurelian and the accession of TacitusEdward Gibbon6:01
- 4Part 03-04: Probus and the deliverance of Gaul and 70 German citiesEdward Gibbon7:46
- 5Part 03-05: Carus, Numerian and Carinus - soft, cruel, devotet to pleasure yet destitute of tasteEdward Gibbon3:30
- 6Part 03-06: The illustrous reign of Diocletian and MaximianEdward Gibbon7:46
- 7Part 03-07: The end of Rome as the capital of the empireEdward Gibbon8:34
- 8Part 03-08: The abdication of DiocletianEdward Gibbon3:12
- 9Part 03-09: Two new Augusti - Constantius and GaleriusEdward Gibbon5:29
- 10Part 03-10: The elevation of Constantine and a time of confusionEdward Gibbon7:57
- 11Part 03-11: The final battle between Constantine and MaxentiusEdward Gibbon6:21
- CD 4
- 1Part 04-01: Constantine overwhelms Licinius, a victory which leads to the foundation of ConstantinopleEdward Gibbon5:13
- 2Part 04-02: A candid but rational inquiry into the progress and establishment of Christianity under the Roman EmpireEdward Gibbon19:36
- 3Part 04-03: A dark and unjust record rightedEdward Gibbon2:58
- 4Part 04-04: Nero - mistakenly judged one of history's most vilified figuresEdward Gibbon11:07
- 5Part 04-05: Protection for the ChristiansEdward Gibbon13:00
- 6Part 04-06: Diocletian introduces systematic repressionEdward Gibbon4:22
- 7Part 04-07: Gibbon's conclusions on the Roman persecutionEdward Gibbon10:22
- 8Part 04-08: Constantine - a new capital but a fatal flaw in defenceEdward Gibbon11:41
- CD 5
- 1Part 05-01: The petty abuse of power and local tyranniesEdward Gibbon6:21
- 2Part 05-02: Asiatic pomp and a gradual declineEdward Gibbon3:54
- 3Part 05-03: Constantius, Gallus and the eunuchsEdward Gibbon8:20
- 4Part 05-04: Julian, a Caesar of very different ilkEdward Gibbon9:11
- 5Part 05-05: The establishment of ChristianityEdward Gibbon9:37
- 6Part 05-06: The rise in popularity of JulianEdward Gibbon12:35
- 7Part 05-07: The road to civil warEdward Gibbon5:25
- 8Part 05-08: Julian assumes supreme powerEdward Gibbon13:34
- 9Part 05-09: The apostasy of JulianEdward Gibbon4:32
- 10Part 05-10: The death of JulianEdward Gibbon5:16
- CD 6
- 1Part 06-01: Jovian - a brief reignEdward Gibbon4:50
- 2Part 06-02: Valentinian, emperor of the West and Valens, emperor of the EastEdward Gibbon7:10
- 3Part 06-03: Gratian, emperor of the WestEdward Gibbon1:36
- 4Part 06-04: The humbling of the empireEdward Gibbon1:47
- 5Part 06-05: The incursion of the Visigoth Fritigern and the death of Valens at HadrianopleEdward Gibbon9:39
- 6Part 06-06: Theodosius, emperor of the East, aims for a modus vivendi with the VisigothsEdward Gibbon2:07
- 7Part 06-07: Maximus takes rule of the Western empire but unadvisedly marches against TheodosiusEdward Gibbon1:35
- 8Part 06-08: Arcadius and Honorius and their commander StilichoEdward Gibbon2:47
- 9Part 06-09: The power of the Visigoths under AlaricEdward Gibbon10:08
- 10Part 06-10: The execution of Stilicho opens the Goths' road to RomeEdward Gibbon5:04
- 11Part 06-11: The decadence of the empire in the reign of Honorius and the siege of RomeEdward Gibbon11:19
- 12Part 06-12: The sound of the Gothic trumpetEdward Gibbon5:05
- 13Part 06-13: The end of the Roman Empire in the WestEdward Gibbon1:17
- 14Part 06-14: The reign of Odoacer, the first barbarian king of ItalyEdward Gibbon7:01
- 15Part 06-15: General observations on the fall of the Roman Empire in the WestEdward Gibbon7:57
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