Edward Gibbon Discography The Decline and Fall of the Roma...

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Philip Madoc and Neville Jason

Tracklist

1

Part 01-01: The most civilised portion of mankind.

12:39

2

Part 01-02: The terror of the Roman arms - the preservation of peace by a constant preparation for war

9:32

3

Part 01-03: Every useful instrument of war

5:49

4

Part 01-04: An empire united by laws and adorned by arts

8:30

5

Part 01-05: The Roman language - an influence over national manners

3:42

6

Part 01-06: The most numerous society under the same system of government

7:23

7

Part 01-07: The fate of the Roman world depended on the will of Augustus

9:53

8

Part 01-08: A succession of monsters with unparalleled vices

2:39

9

Part 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 government

1:03

10

Part 01-10: Commodus - revelling in the licence of sovereign power

14:33

11

Part 01-11: Pertinax accedes to power

3:22

12

Part 02-01: The Praetorian Guards and the bribe of Didius Julianus

8:27

13

Part 02-02: Septimus Severus - a pernicious indulgence

2:20

14

Part 02-03: The two sons of Severus - Caracella and Geta

6:11

15

Part 02-04: Caracella becomes sole emperor

6:02

16

Part 02-05: Antonius becomes Elagabalus, supreme emperor and pontiff - and licentious despot

4:53

17

Part 02-06: The reign of Alexander - an auspicious calm of thirteen years

9:00

18

Part 02-07: The rise of Maximin, dark and sanguinary

7:59

19

Part 02-08: Confusion of power between Maximus, Balbinus and Gordianus

7:56

20

Part 02-09: Philip - a period of games

4:32

21

Part 02-10: Decius and the appearance of the Goths

6:01

22

Part 02-11: Hostilianus and Gallus

3:01

23

Part 02-12: Aemilianus, Valerian and Gallieneus - an empire oppressed

9:05

24

Part 02-13: Claudius - the first of the Restorers of the Roman world

3:35

25

Part 03-01: Aurelian - four years of memorable achievement

11:45

26

Part 03-02: Zenobia fights back - the fate of the East is decided

10:49

27

Part 03-03: The death of Aurelian and the accession of Tacitus

6:01

28

Part 03-04: Probus and the deliverance of Gaul and 70 German cities

7:46

29

Part 03-05: Carus, Numerian and Carinus - soft, cruel, devotet to pleasure yet destitute of taste

3:30

30

Part 03-06: The illustrous reign of Diocletian and Maximian

7:46

31

Part 03-07: The end of Rome as the capital of the empire

8:34

32

Part 03-08: The abdication of Diocletian

3:12

33

Part 03-09: Two new Augusti - Constantius and Galerius

5:29

34

Part 03-10: The elevation of Constantine and a time of confusion

7:57

35

Part 03-11: The final battle between Constantine and Maxentius

6:21

36

Part 04-01: Constantine overwhelms Licinius, a victory which leads to the foundation of Constantinople

5:13

37

Part 04-02: A candid but rational inquiry into the progress and establishment of Christianity under the Roman Empire

19:36

38

Part 04-03: A dark and unjust record righted

2:58

39

Part 04-04: Nero - mistakenly judged one of history's most vilified figures

11:07

40

Part 04-05: Protection for the Christians

13:00

41

Part 04-06: Diocletian introduces systematic repression

4:22

42

Part 04-07: Gibbon's conclusions on the Roman persecution

10:22

43

Part 04-08: Constantine - a new capital but a fatal flaw in defence

11:41

44

Part 05-01: The petty abuse of power and local tyrannies

6:21

45

Part 05-02: Asiatic pomp and a gradual decline

3:54

46

Part 05-03: Constantius, Gallus and the eunuchs

8:20

47

Part 05-04: Julian, a Caesar of very different ilk

9:11

48

Part 05-05: The establishment of Christianity

9:37

49

Part 05-06: The rise in popularity of Julian

12:35

50

Part 05-07: The road to civil war

5:25

51

Part 05-08: Julian assumes supreme power

13:34

52

Part 05-09: The apostasy of Julian

4:32

53

Part 05-10: The death of Julian

5:16

54

Part 06-01: Jovian - a brief reign

4:50

55

Part 06-02: Valentinian, emperor of the West and Valens, emperor of the East

7:10

56

Part 06-03: Gratian, emperor of the West

1:36

57

Part 06-04: The humbling of the empire

1:47

58

Part 06-05: The incursion of the Visigoth Fritigern and the death of Valens at Hadrianople

9:39

59

Part 06-06: Theodosius, emperor of the East, aims for a modus vivendi with the Visigoths

2:07

60

Part 06-07: Maximus takes rule of the Western empire but unadvisedly marches against Theodosius

1:35

61

Part 06-08: Arcadius and Honorius and their commander Stilicho

2:47

62

Part 06-09: The power of the Visigoths under Alaric

10:08

63

Part 06-10: The execution of Stilicho opens the Goths' road to Rome

5:04

64

Part 06-11: The decadence of the empire in the reign of Honorius and the siege of Rome

11:19

65

Part 06-12: The sound of the Gothic trumpet

5:05

66

Part 06-13: The end of the Roman Empire in the West

1:17

67

Part 06-14: The reign of Odoacer, the first barbarian king of Italy

7:01

68

Part 06-15: General observations on the fall of the Roman Empire in the West

7:57

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