author
C. F. L'Homond
1727–1794
A French priest and gifted teacher, he wrote clear, durable Latin textbooks that helped generations of students take their first steps into classical reading. His best-known works pair simple style with lively historical subjects, which is part of why they remained popular long after his lifetime.
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Selections from Viri Romae
by C. F. L'Homond
About the author
Born in Chaulnes in 1727, Charles-François Lhomond became a French priest, grammarian, and educator. He studied in Paris at the Collège d'Inville and later served there as dean, building a reputation as a careful and effective teacher.
Lhomond is best remembered for school texts designed to make Latin more approachable for beginners. Among the works most closely associated with him are De viris illustribus urbis Romae and Epitome historiae sacrae, books that introduced students to classical language through readable accounts of Roman history and sacred history.
He died in Paris on December 31, 1794. His long afterlife as an author comes from the practical strengths of his writing: clarity, order, and a real sense of what young learners needed.