This series has nine easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: History in the Legends.IntroductionA group of legends gathers round the
Commodus Murdered
Today's installment concludes Commodus' Bad Reign,our selection from The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon published in 1788.
Calamities of Rome
The servile crowd, whose fortune depended on their master's vices, applauded these ignoble pursuits.Continuing Commodus' Bad Reign,our selection
Commodus Neglects Administration
The negligence of the public administration was betrayed, soon afterward, by a new disorder, which arose from the smallest beginnings.Continuing
Weak Rather Than Wicked Commodus
When he ascended the throne the happy youth saw round him neither competitor to remove nor enemies to punish.Continuing Commodus' Bad Reign,our
Commodus’ Bad Reign
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Marcus Aurelius Places Family Over Empire.IntroductionGibbon, the
Murder and Flight
Today's installment concludes Pius IX Flees Rome,our selection from Pius the Ninth and the Revolution at Rome (in the North American Review, volume
Assassination Plot
Several of his friends came and remonstrated with him against such an exposure of his life.Continuing Pius IX Flees Rome,our selection from Pius
Turmoil in Rome
In the streets and open places of the city, for two days, the brigands had been slaughtering every man his enemy among the Government officers, some