List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsEditor's Preface1. A Critical Appreciation of The Fall of the Roman Empire: Martin M. Winkler (George Mason University)2. History, Ancient and Modern, in The Fall of the Roman Empire: Allen M. Ward (the University of Connecticut)3. Marcus Aurelius: The Empire Over Himself: Diskin Clay (Duke University)4. Was Commodus Really That Bad?: Eleonora Cavallini (Bologna University)5. East and West in The Fall of the Roman Empire: Jan Willem Drijvers (the University of Groningen)6.
Empire Demolition: Anthony Mann7. Excerpts from the American Souvenir Program of The Fall of the Roman Empire 7.1. A Prologue by Will Durant7.2. The Roman Forum: In Ruins Today ΒΌ and Re-Created7.3. An Epilogue8.
Edward Gibbon and The Fall of the Roman Empire: Martin M. Winkler (George Mason University)9. Fact, Fiction, and the Feeling of History: Martin M. Winkler (George Mason University)10. Peace and Power in The Fall of the Roman Empire: Ward W. Briggs, Jr. (the University of South Carolina)11. The Politics of The Fall of the Roman Empire: Peter W.
Rose (Miami University)12. Excerpts from Edward Gibbon12.1. Marcus Aurelius and His Time12.2. The Auction of the EmpireThe Chief Ancient Sources on Marcus AureliusCassius DioThe Augustan History: Marcus Antoninus the PhilosopherHerodianChronology: The Roman Empire at the Time of Marcus AureliusBibliographyIndex.