Pp. I-XV, 1-522VOLUME I.Note on weights, measuring and currency.PART I: NarrativeTHE PRINCIPATE—the Antonines; the Severi; the anarchy.DIOCLETIAN—politics; the administration; the army; finance; the classes; the Christians.CONSTANTINE—usurpation; conversion; ; Constantinople; the Caesars; the Arian controversy; Christians, Pagans and Jews; the emperor and the church; the army; the administration, comitesand senators; finance; baptism.THE HOUSE OF CONSTANTINE — wars, politics and religion, 337-53; wars, politics and religion, 353-61; Julian Caesar; Julian Augustus; the army; the administration; finance; the senate of Constantinople; the aristocracy; Julian's achievement.FROM JOVIAN TO THEODOSIUS — Valentinian and Valens; the sources; Gratian and Theodosius I.THE HOUSE OF THEODOSIUS — the sources; ; the emperors and their ministers; the barbarians in the West; the Huns and the Persians; barbarian and Roman numbers; the foederati; the Eastern Roxnan army; finance; religious affairs.THE EASTERN EMPIRE FROM MARCIAN TO ANASTASIUS — Marcian; Leo; Zeno; Anastasius.THE FALL OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE AND THE BARBARIAN KINGDOMS — the sources; the lastemperors; Odoacer and Theoderic; the land settlement; the Ostrogothic kingdom; the Visigothickingdom; the Vandals, Burgundians and Franks; Arianisrn; the German kingdorns.JUSTIN I and JUSTINIAN —Justin I; the wars; legal and administrative reforms; finance; religion; the wars; administration and finance; religion; the balance sheet of the reign.THE SUCCESSORS OF JUSTINIAN — Justin II; Tiberius; Maurice; the collapse.PART II: DESCRIPTIVETHE GOVERNMENT — the emperors; the senate; the consistory; powers behind the throne;formation of policy; pressure groups.THE ADMINISTRATION — the comitatus; dioceses and provinces; tenure of offices; choice of officers; suffragium; salaries and extortion; centralisation; efficiency.FINANCE — the res privata; the sacrae largitiones; the currency; the praetorian prefecture; theincidence of taxation.JUSTICE —the law; the courts; praescriptio fori; delays and expenses; the judges; lawyers; civil and criminal justice.