BOOK II.

WHETHER THE ROMAN PEOPLE ASSUMED TO ITSELF BY RIGHT THE DIGNITY OF EMPIRE?

CHAP. PAGE

I.--Introduction 211

II.--That which God wills in human society is to be held as Right 213

III.--It was fitting for the Romans, as being the noblest nation, to be preferred before all others 216

IV.--The Roman Empire was helped by miracles, and therefore was willed by God 220

V.--The Romans, in bringing the world into subjection, aimed at the good of the state, and therefore at the end of Right 223

VI.--All men, who aim at Right, walk according to Right 229

VII.--The Romans were ordained for empire by Nature 232

VIII.--The judgment of God showed that empire fell to the lot of the Romans 235

IX.--The Romans prevailed when all nations were striving for empire 239

X.--What is acquired by single combat is acquired as of Right 243

XI.--The single combats of Rome 247

XII.--Christ, by being born, proves to us that the authority of the Roman Empire was just 250

XIII.--Christ, by dying, confirmed the jurisdiction of the Roman Empire over all mankind 253