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of antiquity, than in the smooth and solid temper of the modern world, which cannot easily repeat either the triumph of Alexander or the fall of Darius. But the peculiar infelicity of the Byzantine princes exposed them to domestic perils, without affording any lively promise of foreign conquest. From the pinnacle of greatness, Andronicus was precipitated by a death more cruel and shameful than that of the malefactor; but the most glorious of his predecessors had much more to dread from their subjects than to hope from their enemies. The army was licentious without spirit, the nation turbulent without freedom: the Barbarians of the East and West pressed on the monarchy, and the loss of the provinces was terminated by the final servitude of the capital. The entire series of Roman emperors, from the first of the Cæsars to the last of the Constantines, extends above fifteen hundred years: and the term of dominion, unbroken by foreign conquest, surpasses the measure of the ancient monarchies; the Assyrians or Medes, the successors of Cyrus, or those of Alexander. End Of Vol. IV. Produced by David Reed HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE By Edward Gibbon With notes by the Rev. H. H. Milman Volume 3 Chapter XXVII: Civil Wars, Reign Of Theodosius.--Part I. Death Of Gratian.--Ruin Of Arianism.--St. Ambrose.--First Civil War, Against Maximus.--Character, Administration, And Penance Of Theodosius.--Death Of Valentinian II.--Second Civil War, Against Eugenius.--Death Of Theodosius.