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Connor Harrison's History Guide: This is a great resource for novice and intermediate players and is thorough without being overly detailed
Ketan's Monarchy and Republic Guide: A more detailed guide to the monarchy and republic, perfect for intermediate to advanced players
Ketan's Empire Guide: A more detailed guide to the empire, perfect for intermediate to advanced players
A Comprehensive Guide to Roman History: One of the most detailed history guides out there, great for advanced players or those studying for Nationals
An Erudite Intermediate’s List of Battles: A list of battles every intermediate player should know
Roman History Outline: Good for all levels, includes details about every period of Roman history
History and Culture Lists: A handy reference for all levels
A List Of Laws: As the title says, a list of laws to know
NRCE Advanced Study Guide: At the end of this document is a fairly thorough Roman Life study guide great for state-level tests
FJCL Customs Guide: Great for those just starting to study Roman Life, less detailed than the NRCE guide
Johnston's Life Guide: A guide based on Johnstons Private Life of the Romans, very thorough
FJCL Lit Guide: excellent beginner's guide, someone wanting to learn literature should start by memorizing everything in this packet
A Laconic Look at Latin Literature: A detailed lit guide in list format, great reference for strong lit players
Latin Literature Famous First Lines: A list of the first lines from famous works, useful for practicing early buzzing
Latin Literature Synopses: Brief summaries of many Latin works
A Ludicrously Comprehensive Guide to Latin Literature: one of the most detailed lit guides, study this after the FJCL guide
TJCL Principal Parts List: An 11-page list of verbs with all four principal parts, great for intermediate to advanced players
TJCL Vocab List: A list of all types of words, generally less obscure than the TJCL Principal Parts list
The Vocabulary of High School Latin: One of the most detailed vocab guides, most Certamen questions and tests are at least partially from this book
Confusing Words: A list of words that sound alike, great for "differentiate in meaning" questions
NJCL Core Novice Vocab: A list of words every novice player should know
A List of Challenging Latin Derivatives and their Roots: A list of obsure/non-intuitive derivatives
Greenwald's Latin Derivatives Dictionary: A very thorough compendium of Latin derivatives
Latin 1 Grammar Review: A comprehensive document of pretty much all the material covered in a high school Latin 1 class
Neuter Nouns: A list of important neuter nouns separated by declension
Latin Case Uses: A list of many case uses, good for both translating Latin and studying for Certamen
Subjunctives: A comprehensive guide to all uses of the subjunctive (does not inclued conditionals)
Verbals Guide: A guide to participles, gerunds, gerundives, and supines
A Latin Grammar: A very comprehensive guide to all of Latin grammar
Allen & Greenough's New Latin Grammar: Another comprehensive Latin grammar guide, used as an NJCL sourcebook
PMAQ from AMSCO 1 and 2: A good starting guide to PMAQ, not too obscure
Common European and Other Mottoes: A list of mottos of different places/organizations, as well as a list of famous Latin quotations
Phrases and Mottos: A much more detailed PMAQ list, good for advanced Certamen/state and national tests
Paul's Myth Lists: Lists of characters in major mythological groups (Seven Against Thebes, etc.)
James Greenwald's Comprehensive Myth Notes: A very thorough list of mythological characters, 41 pages long
Myth Lists: Lists of epithets, monsters, soldiers in the Trojan horse, etc.
Jason Notes: Over 2 pages of notes all about Jason
Abhi Goyal's Metamorphoses Notes: Notes on Ovid's Metamorphoses, very detailed
Abhi Goyal's Morford Notes: Notes on Morford's Classical Mythology, very detailed