Section 1.—­Murder of Tiberius Gracchus

 ——­ 2.—­Slaughter of Caius Gracchus and his adherents

XVIII.  From the Sedition of Gracchus to the perpetual Dictatorship of
  Sylla, viz.

Section 1.—­The Jugurthine and Social wars

 ——­ 2.—­The cruel massacres perpetrated by Marius and Sylla

XIX.  From the perpetual Dictatorship of Sylla to the first Triumvirate

XX.  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.

XXV.  From the death of Constantine, to the reunion of the Roman empire
  under Theodosius the Great, viz.