# Glimpses of the dark ages Author: Anonymous Genre: Category: History - European Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76466 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Glimpses+of+the+dark+ages+Anonymous&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The city of Rome had sustained little diminution in her architectural splendour, when the setting sun shed his parting beams, as if with prophetic significance, upon the gilded roof of the venerable capitol, on the evening of the 24th of August, A.D. 410. The temple of Jupiter, though shorn of some of the dazzling ornaments with which the emperor Domitian had adorned its portals and pediments, still remained an imposing monument of the ancient paganism of the Imperial City. Other costly temples and public buildings, clustered around that seat of Roman pride and greatness, and met and charmed the eye of the citizen, as he ascended the slope of the Capitoline Hill. With a lordly air, these... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/glimpses-of-the-dark-ages-76466/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/glimpses-of-the-dark-ages-76466/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/glimpses-of-the-dark-ages-76466/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/glimpses-of-the-dark-ages-76466/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/glimpses-of-the-dark-ages-76466/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER V.--THE TOWN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/glimpses-of-the-dark-ages-76466/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV.--THE FEUDAL CASTLE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/glimpses-of-the-dark-ages-76466/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER III.--THE MONASTERY.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/glimpses-of-the-dark-ages-76466/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER II.--THE CHURCH.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/glimpses-of-the-dark-ages-76466/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER I.--FALL OF ROME.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/glimpses-of-the-dark-ages-76466/chapters/1/index.md)