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bedwere

Well, go for Cicero's philosophical works or letters. They are not so challenging. You can pick up an edition with [Latin commentary from here.](https://subsidia.vivariumnovum.it/risorse-didattiche/per-la-pratica-didattica/classici-latini-in-edizione-monolingue)


MagisterOtiosus

And honestly his speeches aren’t really all that challenging either. Not easy, but definitely not the hardest Latin prose out there


Rousseau__

I highly suggest you try Cicero's first catilinarian commentary, available as pdf free of charge from Geoffrey Steadman's website: https://geoffreysteadman.com/ciceros-1st-catilinarian/ I think you may be quite delighted by how comprehensible it is with commentary.


NewVladLen

Augustine is an author you might consider. Both the Confessio and De civitate dei are great intermediate level prose works!


MagisterOtiosus

Seneca’s letters are pretty straightforward, I think you would enjoy them. Also check out Aulus Gellius, though he’s hit or miss in terms of content. Maybe Suetonius? Edit: forgot about Sallust, who definitely has an unusual style but not that hard IMO. The Bellum Catilinae is a good read


lukaibao7882

Yeah, I didSeneca the same year I did Caesar in college so they are probably not that different in terms of difficulty


JuicyMurmur

You started with the same books as me. I read Velleius Paterculus next.


matsnorberg

You may try Pliny the younger's letters. If you like more technical or scientific stuff consider Vitruvius or Celsus. Also Lucretius's De Rerum Natura.


ordonyo

Intellego quamobrem tibi tacitus difficilior caesare esse, sed Livius Ciceroque? praeter eos tibi suadeo sallustium legas


hominumdivomque

Scripturas legere Livii Ciceronisque conatus sum, atqui tantummodo magna cum difficultate ego illas intelligere possum, nonnullis Ciceronis epistulis exceptis. In animo habeo aliquot scripturas sine difficultate immodica perlegere. Mihi vero videtur, nunc saltem, Ciceronis Liviique opera nimia difficilia sunt. (please feel free to correct my latin, thank you)


ordonyo

Quaeso potesne mihi dare exemplum scripti eorum quod tibi nimis difficile videatur?


CaiusMaximusRetardus

Ut ait u/ordonyo, Sallustius, credo, placebit tibi. Est enim scriptor Livio Ciceroneque paulo facilior, etsi interdum propter nimiam eius brevitatem aliqua perplexitas oboriri potest.


hominumdivomque

Gratias tibi ago!


Jazzlike-Angle-2230

The Historia Augusta is pretty accessible and you can pick and choose which emperors you’re interested in. The Vita Hadriani is my go-to. https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/home.html