Historiae et Narrationes Latinae: An Intermediate Latin Reader (Latin Edition)

Historiae et Narrationes Latinae is a collection of accessible Latin prose drawn from late antique and medieval narrative tradition. Designed for readers moving beyond textbook Latin, this volume gathers histories, legends, moral tales, chronicles, royal biography, and saints’ lives into one readable anthology.

The works included range from the moral exempla of the Gesta Romanorum and Petrus Alfonsi’s Disciplina clericalis, to the legendary adventures of Historia Apollonii regis Tyri and Dares Phrygius’ account of the fall of Troy. The historical section includes Eutropius’ concise Breviarium Historiae Romanae and Einhard’s famous Vita Karoli Magni, followed by the early medieval traditions of the Historia Brittonum and Fredegarius’ Chronicon. The volume concludes with selected saints’ lives from Jacobus de Voragine’s Legenda aurea.

This book is especially suited for intermediate Latin students, autodidacts, medievalists, classicists, and readers who want continuous Latin prose that is engaging, varied, and historically rich.

Works included:

• Gesta Romanorum
• Petrus Alfonsi, Disciplina clericalis
• Historia Apollonii regis Tyri
• Dares Phrygius, De Excidio Troiae Historia
• Eutropius, Breviarium Historiae Romanae
• Einhard, Vita Karoli Magni
• Historia Brittonum
• Fredegarius, Chronicon
• Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea