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Here is the first volume of a well-known collection of simple Latin stories about Roman history. Along with the second volume, Notable Romans (originally published by Charles François L'Homond in Paris in 1779 as De Viribus Illustribus a Romulo ad Augustum) covers the great figures and events from Romulus to the death of the first emperor. Transforming the public domain Latin text into a new pedagogical device, the presentation here segments the sentences to help students learn how to understand the Latin sequentially in units, interweaving an original, mostly literal translation along the way (pari passu). A straight and continuous Latin text is appended to allow students to practice their comprehension of the original language without a translation in sight. Recommended for use with beginners after L’Homond’s Epitome of Sacred History or as a refresher in Latin with those who are returning to their study of the language after some time.