Excerpt from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 9 of 12<br><br>The Image of Edessa Its 00pies Opposition to Image worshi 726-840 Leo the Iconoclast, an his successors 754 Their Synod at Constantinople Their creed 726-775 Their persecution of the Images and Monks State of Italy 727 Epistles of Gregory II. To the Emperor 728 Revolt of Italy Republic of Rome 730-752 Rome attacked by the Lombards 754 Her deliverance by Pepin 774 Conquest of Lombardy by Charlemagne 751-753-768 Pepin and Charlemagne kings of France Patricians of Rome Donations of Pepin and Charlemagne to the Popes Forgery of the Donation of Constantine 780 Restoration of Images m the East, by the empress Irene 787 viith. General Council, iid. Of Nice 842 Final establishment of Images by the empress Theodora 794 Reluctance of the Franks and of Ch arlemagne 774-800 Final separation of the popes from the Eastern empire Coronation of Charlemagne as emperor of Rome and of the West 768-814 Reign and character of Charlemagne Extent of his empire in fiance Spain Italy Germany Hungary His neighbours and enemies 814-887-911-987 His successors in Italy, Germany, and France 814-840 Lewis the Pious 840-866 Lothaire I 856 875 Lewis II. 888 Division of the empire 962 Otho, king of Germany, restores and appropriates the Western empire Transactions of the Western and Eastern empires 800-1060 Authority of the emperors in the elections of the Pepes Disorders 1078 Reformation and claims of the church Authority of the emperors in Rome vi contents.<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.