The great empires of prophecy, from Babylon to the fall of Rome / Alonzo Trévier Jones.

White copy from the personal library of Ellen G. White.

Includes bibliographical references.

LIST OF MAPS 1 ..........................................
CHAPTER I. THE EMPIRE OF BABYLON NEBUCHADNEZZAR 1 .......
Predominance of Babylon -- God's Purpose with Israel
-- Religious Imposture Exposed -- There is a God That
Revealeth Secrets -- The Siege of Tyre -- Egypt Given
to Nebuchadnezzar -- Nebuchadnezzar's Great Golden
Image -- The Supremacy of Conscience -- The Most High
Ruleth -- The City of Babylon -- A Great Builder
CHAPTER II. EMPIRE OF BABYLON -- FROM EVIL-MERODACH TO
BELSHAZZAR 25 ...............................................
The Reign of Nabonadius -- Belshazzar's Household. The
World's Great Kingdoms -- The Three Great World
Kingdoms -- The Coming of Medo-Persia
CHAPTER III. THE EMPIRE OF MEDIA AND PERSIA -- THE FALL
OF BABYLON 36 ...............................................
The Doom of Babylon -- Cyrus Drains the Gyndes --
Cyrus Drains the Euphrates -- Belshazzar's Feast --
The City Taken -- Cyrus's Inscription -- Babylon Is
Fallen, Is Fallen
CHAPTER IV. EMPIRE OF MEDIA AND PERSIA - DARIUS THE
MEDE AND CYRUS 50 ...........................................
Daniel's Business Faithfulness -- The Rights of
Conscience -- Cyrus Acknowledges God -- Opposition of
the Samaritans -- Death of Cyrus
CHAPTER V. EMPIRE OF PERSIA AND MEDIA -- CAMBYSES AND
"SMERDIS." 61 ...............................................
Death of Cambyses -- Death of "Smerdis."
CHAPTER VI. EMPIRE OF PERSIA AND MEDIA - DARIUS 67 ......
Darius Supports the Jews -- The Provinces and Revolts
-- A Lover of Truth-Telling
CHAPTER VII. EMPIRE OF PERSIA AND MEDIA -- DARIUS. IN
SCYTHIA AND AT MARATHON 74 ..................................
In Scythia -- The Burning of Sardis -- Destruction of
the Fleet -- Second Expedition Against Greece --
Marathon -- The Persians Return to Asia -- Death of
Darius
CHAPTER VIII. EMPIRE OF PERSIA AND MEDIA -- XERXES. THE
ARMY OF INVASION 88 .........................................
Xerxes Starts to Greece -- The Great Bridge of Boats
-- Xerxes Rides Forth -- The Nations Arrayed -- Xerxes
Reviews His Army
CHAPTER IX. EMPIRE OF PERSIA AND MEDIA -- XERXES.
THERMOPYLAE 101 .............................................
At Thermopylae -- The Greeks Betrayed -- Thermopylae
Is Taken
CHAPTER X. EMPIRE OF PERSIA AND MEDIA -- XERXES.
SALAMIS 109 .................................................
Athens Taken and Burnt -- Defence of the Isthmus --
The Greeks Make Ready -- The Greeks Victorious --
Xerxes Flees
CHAPTER XI. EMPIRE OF PERSIA AND MEDIA -- XERXES.
PLATAEA 121 .................................................
The Battle of Plataea -- The Greeks Victorious
CHAPTER XII. EMPIRE OF PERSIA AND MEDIA -- ARTAXERXES
TO DARIUS CODOMANUS 127 .....................................
Jerusalem Rebuilt -- Apostasy in Jerusalem -- The
Samaritans -- The Battle of Cunaxa -- The Anabasis --
The Last Native King of Egypt
CHAPTER XIII. EMPIRE OF GRECIA -- REIGN OF PHILIP 141 ...
Demosthenes Against Philip -- The Sacred War -- Philip
the Head of Greece -- Philip Generalissimo
CHAPTER XIV. EMPIRE OF GRECIA -- ALEXANDER. IN EUROPE
151
Demonstrates His Capabilities -- Alexander
Generalissimo -- Alexander's Matchless Celerity --
Final Departure from Greece
CHAPTER XV. EMPIRE OF GRECIA -- ALEXANDER. GRANICUS,
ISSUS, AND ARBELA 160 .......................................
Battle of the Granicus -- Takes All Asia Minor --
Darius's Army -- Battle of Issus -- Alexander Takes
Tyre -- Alexander's Vision -- Holiday and Triumph in
Egypt -- The Battle of Arbela
CHAPTER XVI. EMPIRE OF GRECIA -- ALEXANDER. FROM
BABYLON TO BABYLON AGAIN 177 ................................
Alexander's Court and Carousals -- Grand Entry into
Babylon -- Alexander's Wide Dominion -- Alexander's
Swiftness of Conquest -- A Man of Providence
CHAPTER XVII. EMPIRE OF GRECIA -- ALEXANDER'S
SUCCESSORS. THE EMPIRE DIVIDED 188 ..........................
The Governors and Generals -- Plot and Counterplot --
"King" Aridaeus Is Murdered -- Seleucus Obtains
Babylon -- The Siege of Rhodes -- Four Kingdoms Did
Stand Up
CHAPTER XVIII. EMPIRE OF GRECIA -- ALEXANDER'S
SUCCESSORS. THE KING OF THE NORTH AND THE KING OF THE SOUTH
200
Lysimachus Takes Macedonia -- The Two Divisions -- The
Kingdom of Pergamus -- "The King's Daughter of the
South" -- Berenice's Hair -- The Battle of Gaza --
Ptolemy and the Jews -- The Romans Appear
CHAPTER XIX. ROME -- THE REPUBLIC 217 ...................
Pyrrhus in Italy -- Philip and Hannibal -- Embassies
to Rome -- Roman Freedom to the Greeks -- Profitable
to the Romans -- Antiochus and the Romans -- War with
Antiochus Magnus -- The Day of Magnesia -- Heliodorus
and the Temple of God -- Death of Hannibal --
Antiochus Epiphanes in Egypt -- Rome Saves Egypt --
Empire of Grecia Perishes -- Rome's Profound Policy --
The World's Tribunal -- Rome Fulfils the Prophecy
CHAPTER XX. ROME -- THE FAILURE OF THE REPUBLIC 250 .....
Rome's Plunder and Luxury -- Territory and Government
-- Money the One Thought -- The Rich Richer, the Poor
Poorer -- Distribution of the Land -- Public Granaries
Established -- War with Mithradates -- Sulla's
"Reforms" -- Rise of Pompey and Caesar -- Mithradates
on the Romans -- Pompey Subdues Judea -- Antipater the
Idumaean -- Rullus and Cicero
CHAPTER XXI. ROME -- THE FIRST TRIUMVIRATE 276 ..........
Pompey and the Senate -- Caesar and the Senate --
Caesar's Land Laws -- Reform by Law -- The Senate Wins
Pompey -- Legal Government Ended -- Pompey and the
Nobles -- Antipater and Herod -- The Senate Flatters
Caesar -- The Senate Murders Caesar
CHAPTER XXII. ROME -- THE SECOND TRIUMVIRATE 296 ........
Rise of Octavius -- Plot, Counterplot, and War -- The
Triumvirate Formed -- The Triumvirs' Proscription --
"The Saviors of their Country" -- Antony and Cleopatra
-- Herod Made King
CHAPTER XXIII. ROME -- THE EMPIRE 311 ...................
Rome Ruled the World -- The Only World Power -- The
World's Homage to Rome -- "The Iron Monarchy."
CHAPTER XXIV. ROME -- THE MONARCHY 320 ..................
The World-Prison -- Augusts and His Family --
Everything "High Treason" -- A Furious and Crushing
Despotism -- Caligula's Popularity -- Caligula's
Prodigality -- Caligula's Deadly Cruelty -- Claudius's
Popularity -- Messalina and Agrippina -- Roman Society
-- Ultimate Paganism
CHAPTER XXV. ROME -- AGAINST CHRISTIANITY 343 ...........
Antagonistic Principles -- The Roman Idea of Ethics --
Vox Populi, Vox Dei -- God and Caesar -- Christians
and the State -- Pliny and the Christians -- Roman
Religious Life -- The Roman Laws -- Sources of
Persecution -- The Priests and Artisans -- The
Governors and Emperors -- The Governmental System at
Fault -- Ground of Governmental Persecution --
Christianity Victorious -- The "Ten Persecutions."
CHAPTER XXVI. ROME -- THE GREAT APOSTASY 374 ............
That Man of Sin -- Men Speaking Perverse Things -- The
Mysteries -- Worshiping Toward the East -- Ambition of
the Bishop of Rome -- The New Platonists -- School of
Clement and Origen -- The Two Pagan Streams --
Political Designs -- The New Paganism -- The Two
Streams Unite; a New Religion
CHAPTER XXVII. ROME -- EXALTATION OF THE BISHOPRIC 396 ..
One Is Master, Even Christ -- Lover of Pre-eminence
Begins -- The Church of Rome Claims Supremacy -- The
Bishop the Infallible Judge -- An Episcopal Punic War
-- Paul of Samosata
CHAPTER XXVIII. ROME -- THE RISE OF CONSTANTINE 409 .....
The Persecution by Diocletian -- Condition of the
Church -- The Persecution Stopped -- The City of Rome
Offended -- Six Emperors at Once -- Battle of the
Milvian Bridge -- Victory of Christian Principles
CHAPTER XXIX. ROME -- THE RELIGION OF CONSTANTINE 424 ...
Constantine a Sun-Worshiper -- The Labarum -- Dies
Solis and the Haruspices. Murder of Crispus and Fausta
-- The "True Cross" and Constantine -- Is This
Paganism or Christianity? -- A Murder Even in Death
CHAPTER XXX. ROME -- CONSTANTINE AND THE BISHOPS 439 ....
Constantine a New Moses -- The New "Israel Delivered"
-- Constantine's Tabernacle -- Bishops at the Imperial
Banquet -- Constantine Sent to Heaven -- The Mystery
of Iniquity
CHAPTER XXXI. ROME -- THE UNION OF CHURCH AND STATE 453 .
Restoration of the Church Property -- Which Was the
Catholic Church -- The Donatist Controversy -- The
Council at Arles -- The State a Religious Partizan --
Liberty to the Donatists -- Clergy Exempt from Public
Offices -- The Church of the Masses -- The Church a
Mass of Hypocrites
CHAPTER XXXII. ROME -- THE ORIGINAL SUNDAY LEGISLATION
472
True and False Theocracies -- The New, and False,
Theocracy -- Constantine's Famous Sunday Law -- The
New Kingdom of God -- The Sunday Law only Religious --
By Authority of Pontifex Maximus -- Sunday in the
Council of Nice -- Sunday Work Made Sacrilege -- The
Church Obtains the Monopoly -- Origin of the
Inquisition
CHAPTER XXXIII. ROME -- ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CATHOLIC
FAITH 493 ...................................................
The Trinitarian Controversy -- homoousion or
Homoiousion? -- The Secret of the Controversy --
Constantine's Design -- The Council of Nice -- Grand
Entry of the Emperor -- The Parties in the Council --
The Making of the Creed -- The Dissenters Banished --
The True Estimate of the Council
CHAPTER XXXIV. ROME -- ARIANISM BECOMES ORTHODOX 515 ....
Athanasius Banished, Arius Returned -- Athanasius
Returned and Again Banished -- Installation of Bishop
Macedonius -- Council of Sardica -- Councils of Arles
and Milan -- Arianism Now Orthodox -- Hosius Forced to
Become Arian -- Athanasius Again Removed -- Liberius
Becomes Arian -- Double Council, Rimini and Seleucia
-- The World Finds Itself Arian -- Arianism Is
"Catholic."
CHAPTER XXXV. ROME -- THE CATHOLIC FAITH RE-ESTABLISHED
540
The Emperor Julian -- Valens, Gratian, and Theodosius
-- The Order of the Hierarchy -- Gregory Bishop of
Constantinople -- Basil Applies to Rome -- The Council
of Constantinople -- The Council of Aquileia --
"Inquisitor of the Faith" -- The Empire "Converted."
CHAPTER XXXVI. ROME -- CHURCH USURPS THE CIVIL
AUTHORITY 558 ...............................................
Aspirations of the Bishop of Rome -- The Clergy Made
Civil Judges -- The Bible Made the Code -- The
Bishopric a Political Office -- The Worst Characters
Become Bishops -- The Episcopal Dictatorship -- Civil
Government Vanishes
CHAPTER XXXVII. ROME -- THE RUIN OF THE EMPIRE 572 ......
Grandeur of the Bishop of Rome -- Pride of Bishops and
Clergy -- Vices of Clergy and People -- Abominations
of Sun-Worship Continued -- Heathen Practises in the
Church -- Monkish "Virtue" Prevalent -- Sheer
Unmingled Naturalism -- Destruction and Devastation --
Worse than Barbarian and Heathen
CHAPTER XXXVIII. ROME DIVIDED 591 .......................
The Place of the Ten Divisions -- The Ancient Germans
-- German Respect for Woman
CHAPTER XXXIX. ROME DIVIDED -- THE ALEMANNI AND THE
FRANKS 599 ..................................................
The Alemanni Take Vindelicia -- Alemanni and Franks
Enter Gaul -- From the Rhine to the Seine -- The
Franks and the Alemanni of To-day
CHAPTER XL. ROME DIVIDED -- THE SUEVI, THE VANDALS, AND
THE BURGUNDIANS 608 .........................................
Radagaisus Invades Italy -- Final Settlement of the
Burgundians -- Final Settlement of the Suevi -- The
Vandals Enter Africa -- The Roman Armies Defeated --
Carthage Captured
CHAPTER XLI. ROME DIVIDED -- THE VISIGOTHS 621 ..........
Entrance of the Goths into History -- The Visigoths
Taken Over the Danube -- Under Alaric They Ravage
Greece -- Alaric Master-General of Illyricum --
Honorius Prepares the Way -- Siege of Rome -- Rome's
Ransom -- The Sack of Rome -- The Visigoths Leave
Italy -- In Gaul and Spain -- In Spain Their Final
Settlement
CHAPTER XLII. ROME DIVIDED -- THE ANGLES AND SAXONS 644 .
The Original Englishmen -- Angles on the Sea --
Beginning of English History -- Britain Becomes
England
CHAPTER XLIII. ROME DIVIDED -- THE OSTROGOTHS ENTER THE
WESTERN EMPIRE 652 ..........................................
Why Attila Invaded Gaul -- The Battle of Chalons --
Battle of the Netad -- Theodoric the Ostrogoth -- The
Ostrogothic Dominion
CHAPTER XLIV. ROME DIVIDED -- THE LOMBARDS 662 ..........
Their Native Region -- After the Battle of Netad
CHAPTER XLV. ROME DIVIDED -- THE HERULIAN KINGDOM 667 ...
The Heruli in Italy -- Odoacer Made King -- The
Western Empire Extinguished -- The Empire of Rome Is
Perished
CHAPTER XLVI. THE TEN KINGDOMS 677 ......................
The Ten Stand at One Time -- Mede's List of the
Kingdoms -- Sir Isaac Newton's List -- Lists of
Bishops Newton and Chandler -- Hunnish Empire
Extinguished -- The Gepidae and the Avars -- What
Machiavelli Himself Says -- Bishop Lloyd's Dates --
The Conclusion