Viri Illustres

Viri Illustres contains 30 short Latin biographies of famous Romans of the Monarchy and Republic, from Romulus to Augustus. These stories were adapted from ancient authors by C. F. L'Homond for his students in the late 18th century, and republished in 1914 by Robert Arrowsmith and Charles Knapp as Selections from Viri Romae. Included in this edition are the illustrations of Arrowsmith and Knapp. 114 pages.