Atlas Latinitatis

The living scale
of Latin difficulty.

Every scored work arranged along one calibrated spine, from first steps to the most demanding Latin. Familia Romana Chapter I is fixed at 1.0; all other texts find their position through the LC model.

Readable bookReference workFamilia Romana
121 mapped points
Titles and cover medallions open the Library in a new tab with the book-details panel already open.
Facilior0Difficulty increases downward
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SaturnaliaMima Maxey and Marjorie J. FayLC 1.3
LudusW. L. Paine, C. L. Mainwaring, and E. RyleLC 2.6
MedicusW. L. Paine, C. L. Mainwaring, and E. RyleLC 2.6
PerseusFrancis RitchieLC 2.9
VulgateLC 3.7
PolyphemusW. L. Paine, C. L. Mainwaring, and E. RyleLC 3.1
TheseusW. L. Paine, C. L. Mainwaring, and E. RyleLC 3.2
CirceW. L. Paine, C. L. Mainwaring, and E. RyleLC 3.3
IuliaMaud Agnes ReedLC 3.4
HoratiusW. L. Paine, C. L. Mainwaring, and E. RyleLC 3.7
VerresW. L. Paine, C. L. Mainwaring, and E. RyleLC 4.2
Troia CaptaW. L. Paine, C. L. Mainwaring, and E. RyleLC 4.3
NaufragiumDesiderius Erasmus RoterodamusLC 4.6
DiversoriaDesiderius Erasmus RoterodamusLC 4.8
AndriaPublius Terentius AferLC 4.9
PhaedrusLC 5.9
Cornelius NeposLC 5.9
UlyssesFrancis RitchieLC 5.5
Julius CaesarLC 6.3
LivyLC 7.5
OvidLC 7.7
CiceroLC 7.9
Pliny the ElderLC 8.1
SallustLC 8.3
VergilLC 8.4
LucretiusLC 8.6
HoraceLC 8.8
TacitusLC 9.8
PersiusLC 10.3
Difficilior10.1010 remains a normal tick; 10.10 is the encoded endpoint.