The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

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Scope Of Chapter XII. A.D.

• Extraordinary Contest between the Army and the Senate for the Choice of an Emperor
275
• A peaceful Interregnum of Eight Months
• The Consul Assembles the Senate
• Character of Tacitus
  • He is elected Emperor
  • He accepts the Purple
• Authority of the Senate
• Their Joy and Confidence
276
• Tacitus is acknowledged by the Army
• The Alani invade Asia and are repulsed by Tacitus
• Death of the Emperor Tacitus
• Usurpation and Death of his Brother Florianus
  • Their Family Subsists in Obscurity
• Character and Elevation of the Emperor Probus
• His Respectful Conduct towards the Senate
• Victories of Probus over the Barbarians
277
• He delivers Gaul from the Invasion of the Germans
• He carries his Arms into Germany
• He builds a Wall from the Rhine to the Danube
• Introduction and Settlement of the Barbarians
• Daring Enterprise of the Franks
279
• Revolt of Saturninus in the East
280
• Revolt of Bonosus and Proculus in Gaul
281
• Triumph of the Emperor Probus
• His Discipline
282
• His Death
• Election and Character of Carus
• The Sentiments of the Senate and People
• Carus defeats the Sarmatians, and marches into the East
283
• He gives Audience to the Persian Ambassadors
• His Victories, and extraordinary Death
• He is succeeded by his two Sons, Carinus and Numerian
284
• Vices of Carinus .
• He celebrates the Roman Games
• Spectacles of Rome
• The Amphitheatre
• Return of Numerian with the Army from Persia
• Death of Numerian
284
• Election of the Emperor Diocletian
285
• Defeat and Death of Carinus

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