List of Illustrations vii Notes on Contributors ix Editor's Preface xii 1. A Critical Appreciation of The Fall of the Roman Empire 1 Martin M. Winkler 2. History, Ancient and Modern, in The Fall of the Roman Empire 51 Allen M. Ward 3. Marcus Aurelius: The Empire Over Himself 89 Diskin Clay 4. Was Commodus Really That Bad? 102 Eleonora Cavallini 5. East and West in The Fall of the Roman Empire 117 Jan Willem Drijvers 6.

Empire Demolition 130 Anthony Mann 7. Excerpts from the American Souvenir Program of The Fall of the Roman Empire 136 1. A Prologue by Will Durant 137 2. The Roman Forum: In Ruins Today . and Re-Created 139 3. An Epilogue 143 8. Edward Gibbon and The Fall of the Roman Empire 145 Martin M. Winkler 9.

Fact, Fiction, and the Feeling of History 174 Martin M. Winkler 10. Peace and Power in The Fall of the Roman Empire 225 Ward W. Briggs, Jr. 11. The Politics of The Fall of the Roman Empire 241 Peter W. Rose 12. Excerpts from Edward Gibbon 262 1.

Marcus Aurelius and His Time 262 2. The Auction of the Empire 266 The Chief Ancient Sources on Marcus Aurelius 271 1. Cassius Dio 271 2. The Augustan History : Marcus Antoninus the Philosopher 282 3. Herodian 298 Chronology: The Roman Empire at the Time of Marcus Aurelius 302 Bibliography 305 Index 327.