The state of Germany till the invasion of the Barbarians, in the time of the emperor Decius
| Extent of Germany, Climate, Its Effects on the Natives, Origin of the Germans |
| Fables and Conjectures, The Germans ignorant of Letters, Of Arts and Agriculture, Of the Use of Metals, Their Indolence, Their Taste for strong Liquors,; State of Population, German Freedom, Assemblies of the People |
| Authority of the Princes and Magistrates; More absolute over the Property than over the Persons of the Germans ; Voluntary Engagements, German Chastity, Its probable Causes |
| Religion, Its Effects in Peace, Its Effects in War ; The Bards |
| Causes which checked the Progress of the Germans, Want of Arms,Want of Discipline |
| Civil Dissensions of Germany — Fomented by the Policy of Rome |
| Transient Union against Marcus Antoninus, Distinction of the German Tribes, Numbers |