Montesquieu, Charles Louis. Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline. Trans. David Lowenthal. New York: The Free Press, 1965.

I. BEGINNINGS OF ROME; ITS WARS

II. THE ART OF WAR AMONG THE ROMANS

III. HOW THE ROMANS WERE ABLE TO EXPAND

IV. THE GAULS; PYRRHUS; COMPARISON OF CARTHAGE AND ROME; HANNIBAL'S WAR

V. THE CONDITION OF GREECE, MACEDONIA, SYRIA, AND EGYPT AFTER THE REDUCTION OF THE CARTHAGINIANS

VI. THE CONDUCT THE ROMANS PURSUED TO SUBJUGATE ALL PEOPLES

VII. HOW MITHRIDATES WAS ABLE TO RESIST THEM

VIII. THE DISSENSIONS THAT ALWAYS EXISTED IN THE CITY

IX. TWO CAUSES OF ROME'S RUIN

X. THE CORRUPTION OF THE ROMANS

XI. SULLA; POMPEY AND CAESAR

XII. THE CONDITION OF ROME AFTER CAESAR'S DEATH

XIII. AUGUSTUS

XIV. TIBERIUS

XV. THE EMPERORS FROM CAIUS CALIGULA TO ANTONINUS

XVI. THE CONDITION OF THE EMPIRE, FROM ANTONINUS TO PROBUS

XVII. CHANGE IN THE STATE

XVIII. NEW MAXIMS ADOPTED BY THE ROMANS

XIX. ATTILA'S GREATNESS; CAUSE OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE BARBARIANS; REASONS WHY THE WESTERN EMPIRE WAS THE FIRST TO FALL

XX. JUSTINIAN'S CONQUEST; HIS GOVERNMENT

XXI. DISORDERS OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE

XXII. WEAKNESS OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE

XXIII. REASON FOR THE DURATION OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE; ITS DESTRUCTION