About the Latin
Nepos's Lives are straightforward narrative: who someone was, what they did, how it ended. The sentences are shorter and the syntax plainer than in Caesar or Cicero, so he has long been a favourite for readers just past a beginner course.
The catalog's score puts him at the easier end of authentic classical prose, which is the point of starting here.
How hard is it?
Difficulty 5.9, intermediate.
Every reading in the library has a difficulty score, on a scale that runs from about 1 to 11. Beginner texts sit below 3.5 and Advanced texts above 6.8.
Most demanding here: Sentence length, Rare vocabulary, Very rare vocabulary, Unseen vocabulary, Proper names, Nonfinite constructions, Subordination.
What you can read
The reading, each with help on every word.
Librorum Capsula currently offers one reading, on Hamilcar and the boyhood oath that shaped his son Hannibal.
Hannibal's Inheritance
Hamilcar passes his hatred of Rome to his son Hannibal, who carries that inheritance into a lifetime of war against the Roman Republic.
Where to start
Hannibal's Inheritance
It is the only Nepos in the catalog so far. Open it and the reader gives you the Latin with a definition for every word, so you can read at the pace that suits you and look up only what you need.
Start reading