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CHAPTER XXIV
THE EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT. The twelve Caesars--The emperor--Apotheosis--
Senate and people--The praetorians--Freedmen of the emperors--
Despotism and disorder.
THE CENTURY OF THE ANTONINES. Marcus Aurelius--Conquests of the
Antonines.
IMPERIAL INSTITUTIONS. Extent of the empire in the second century--
Permanent army--Deputies and agents of the emperor--Municipal
life--Imperial regime.
SOCIAL LIFE UNDER THE EMPIRE. The continued decadence at Rome--The
shows--Theatre--Circus--Amphitheatre--Gladiators--The Roman
peace--Fusion of the peoples--Superstitions.

CHAPTER XXV
ARTS AND SCIENCES IN ROME. Letters--Imitation of the Greeks--The
Augustan Age--Orators and rhetoricians--Importance of the Latin
literature and language--Arts--Sculpture and painting--
Architecture--Characteristics of Roman architecture--Rome and its
monuments.
ROMAN LAW. The Twelve Tables--Symbolic process--Formalism--
Jurisprudence--The praetor's edict--Civil law and the law of
nations--Written reason.

CHAPTER XXVI
THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.


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