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Edward Gibbon, Historian of the Roman Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent "Man and His Book" study of Gibbon and "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" offers biographical detail, publication information, and content analysis.
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The Best of Edward Gibbon's "Decline and Fall"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers quotations from Gibbon's multi-volume "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," as well as a detailed table of contents and advice on how best to read the complete work.
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History.com: How Julius Caesar's Assassination Triggered the Fall of the Roman Republic

For Students 9th - 10th
In the first weeks of 44 B.C., Caesar was proclaimed "dictator for life." His life, though, wouldn't last much longer. Fearful that the concentration of absolute power in a single man threatened the republic's democratic institutions,...

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