The Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations

Chap. III

Of the nations that rose to wealth and power previous to the conquests in Asia and Africa, and the causes which ruined them...............20

Chap. IV

Of the Romans. — The causes of their rise under the republic, and of their decline under the emperors. — The great error generally fallen into with respect to the comparison between Rome and Carthage; proofs that it is wrong, and not at all applicable to France and England................27