Viri Illustres

Macronized. Every long vowel in the Latin is marked.

Thirty short Latin lives of famous Romans of the Monarchy and the Republic, from Romulus to Augustus. C. F. L’Homond adapted them from ancient authors for his students in the late eighteenth century, and Robert Arrowsmith and Charles Knapp reissued them in 1894 as Selections from Viri Romae. Their illustrations are included.

Proca, rēx Albānōrum, Numitōrem et Amūlium fīliōs habuit.
Proca, king of the Albans, had two sons, Numitor and Amulius.

Second edition, 2026. This edition corrects the long marks throughout and resets the text.

Paperback, 6 × 9 inches, 102 pages. ISBN 979-8-9876456-2-8.