Excerpt from The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2 of 3<br><br>A.d. 408 \veakness of the court of Ravenna, 167. Alaric marches to Rome, 168. Hannibal at the gates of Rome, 169. Genealogy of the senators, 170. The Anician family, 171. Wealth of the R0 man nobles, 172 their manners, 173. Character of the Roman nobles, 174. State of the people of Rome, 179. Distribution of bread, bacon, oil, wine, &amp;c., 180. The public baths, 181. Games and spectacles, 182. Populousness Of Rome, 183. A.d. 408, siege of Rome by the Goths, 184. Famine, 185; plague, 185.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.