The Fall of Rome

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• Adams' original wording, transcribed with his own spelling
• Enlarged details of the chart, each with its caption and explanation
• The books Adams relied on, identified and compared with his text
• The complete panel 8, ready to print at large size (9 sheets, US Letter or A4, about 55 x 61 cm once assembled)

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Contents

1. The Fall of Romep. 7
2. Reading the chartp. 8
3. The earth at the centrep. 10
4. Ptolemy’s inhabited worldp. 11
5. Jerome and the Latin Biblep. 12
6. Saint George and English patronagep. 13
7. The New Testament and its witnessesp. 14
8. Apologists, teachers and preserved booksp. 15
9. Christian and Platonist writers togetherp. 16
10. The Greek and Latin Fathersp. 17
11. Names shared by different bishopsp. 18
12. Augustine’s mission to Englandp. 19
13. The council of Nicaeap. 20
14. Councils on the chronological gridp. 21
15. The fifth councilp. 22
16. Bede and the sixth councilp. 23
17. Celtic housesp. 24
18. The people of ancient Britainp. 25
19. The Saxon landingp. 26
20. Patrick in Irelandp. 27
21. Cosmas and Christian topographyp. 28
22. The royal chariotp. 29
23. Stonehenge restoredp. 30
24. The domed shrine in Jerusalemp. 31
25. Cambridge and its foundation traditionp. 32
26. The route of arithmeticp. 33
27. Paper and its materialsp. 34
28. A bench and the word bankp. 35
29. The Scottish successionp. 36
30. Roman Britain and its noticesp. 37
31. Britannia, Vortigern and Arthurp. 38
32. Wales and Irelandp. 39
33. Merciap. 40
34. The East Anglesp. 41
35. Northumbriap. 42
36. Essexp. 43
37. Wessexp. 44
38. Sussexp. 45
39. Kent and the Christian kingp. 46
40. The Frankish streamp. 47
41. Clovis’ divided inheritancep. 48
42. Sarmatia, Poland and Russiap. 49
43. Scandinavia and the Northmenp. 50
44. Norway’s rising branchp. 51
45. The span of Rome and Longinusp. 52
46. The numbered persecutionsp. 53
47. The Roman ploughp. 54
48. A shekel and a modern valuationp. 55
49. Papinian and imperial powerp. 56
50. The Arch of Titusp. 57
51. Dress, shade and daily lifep. 58
52. Valerian and Saporp. 59
53. The stocks: Scripture and later historyp. 60
54. A Roman galleyp. 61
55. The restored Roman Forump. 62
56. Trajan’s columnp. 63
57. Adrian’s tombp. 64
58. Medicine, poetry and dialoguep. 65
59. Commodus in the arenap. 66
60. Aurelian assassinatedp. 67
61. The portrait of Heliogabalusp. 68
62. Spinning in a Roman householdp. 69
63. A Roman coiffurep. 70
64. Constantine and the sign of the crossp. 71
65. Theodosius and the divided empirep. 72
66. Attila and Chalonsp. 73
67. The elephant and its ridersp. 74
68. Belisarius and the beggar storyp. 75
69. The Hegira and the start of an erap. 76
70. Reading the Roman emperorsp. 77
71. The Western Empirep. 78
72. The Eastern Empirep. 79
73. Visigothic Spainp. 80
74. The Ostrogoths in Italyp. 81
75. The Lombard kingdomp. 82
76. Parthia as Rome’s counterpartp. 83
77. Persia under the Sassanidaep. 84
78. Armenia and Iberiap. 85
79. Palmyra and Zenobiap. 86
80. China along the lower edgep. 87
81. Mahomet, the Koran and the caliphsp. 88
82. Bells, a city fire and church dialsp. 89
83. Era, language and a political endingp. 90
84. Saxony and Bavaria across the borderp. 91
85. The Roman standard bearerp. 92
86. The Judaea Capta coinp. 93
87. The named source for the papal successionp. 94
88. Early Christian writers and apologistsp. 95
89. Early Christian writers and apologistsp. 96
90. Early Christian writers and apologistsp. 97
91. Fourth- and fifth-century Christian writersp. 98
92. Fourth- and fifth-century Christian writersp. 99
93. Fourth- and fifth-century Christian writersp. 100
94. Fourth- and fifth-century Christian writersp. 101
95. Caledonia or Scotlandp. 102
96. Caledonia or Scotlandp. 103
97. Caledonia or Scotlandp. 104
98. Britain under Romep. 105
99. Britain under Romep. 106
100. Wales and Irelandp. 107
101. The East Anglesp. 108
102. Northumbriap. 109
103. Essexp. 110
104. Wessexp. 111
105. Sussexp. 112
106. Kentp. 113
107. The Merovingian kingdomsp. 114
108. The Merovingian kingdomsp. 115
109. Sarmatia, Poland and Russiap. 116
110. Scandinaviap. 117
111. Scandinaviap. 118
112. Rome and Longinusp. 119
113. The numbered persecutionsp. 120
114. The numbered persecutionsp. 121
115. The numbered persecutionsp. 122
116. The numbered persecutionsp. 123
117. The imperial successionp. 124
118. The imperial successionp. 125
119. The imperial successionp. 126
120. The Eastern Empirep. 127
121. Visigothic Spainp. 128
122. Visigothic Spainp. 129
123. The Lombard kingdomp. 130
124. Persia under the Sassanidaep. 131
125. Persia under the Sassanidaep. 132
126. China’s dynastiesp. 133
127. China’s dynastiesp. 134
128. Mahomet, the Koran and the caliphsp. 135
129. Mahomet, the Koran and the caliphsp. 136
130. Mahomet, the Koran and the caliphsp. 137
131. Era, language and the end of Gothic Italyp. 138
132. Saxony and Bavariap. 139
133. Original readings: Ptolemy’s cosmosp. 140
134. Original readings: Early Christian writers and apologists — continuedp. 141
135. Original readings: Fourth- and fifth-century Christian writers — continuedp. 142
136. Original readings: The Britonsp. 143
137. Original readings: The mosque and Jerusalemp. 144
138. Original readings: Britain under Romep. 145
139. Original readings: Wales and Irelandp. 146
140. Original readings: Wessexp. 147
141. Original readings: The Merovingian kingdomsp. 148
142. Original readings: Scandinaviap. 149
143. Original readings: The numbered persecutions — continuedp. 150
144. Original readings: The Arch of Titusp. 151
145. Original readings: Adrian’s tombp. 152
146. Original readings: Roman hair dressp. 153
147. Original readings: The elephant and its ridersp. 154
148. Original readings: The imperial succession — continuedp. 155
149. Original readings: The Eastern Empirep. 156
150. Original readings: The Ostrogoths in Italyp. 157
151. Original readings: Persia under the Sassanidaep. 158
152. Original readings: China’s dynasties — continuedp. 159
153. Original readings: Bede and the sixth councilp. 160
154. Books and editionsp. 161
155. Books and editionsp. 162
156. Books and editionsp. 163
157. Books and editionsp. 164
158. Further referencesp. 165