Fatalis alea incertis jactibus in hujus vitae tabula mortales eludit
Our life is a board game on which the dice of fate with its unexpected throws tries to trick mortal men

About Us

Oxford Latin is based among the dreaming spires of Oxford, with access to the resources of the Bodleian Library. Its director is Carolinne White who has a degree in Classics and a doctorate from Oxford University and has many years experience as a translator. She has worked on the supplement to the Liddell and Scott Greek Lexicon and more recently on the Medieval Latin Dictionary from British sources (www.classics.ox.ac.uk/research).

Carolinne White specializes in the Latin of the Church Fathers and the medieval period and has published several books relating to these areas, including the following:

Lives of Roman Christian Women (Penguin 2010)
The Rule of Benedict (Penguin 2008)
Early Christian Lives (Penguin 1998)
Christian Friendship in the Fourth Century (Cambridge University Press 1992, p/b 2002)
The Confessions of St. Augustine (Frances Lincoln 2001)
Early Christian Latin Poets (Routledge 2000)

 

A selection of titles published by Carolinne White, Director of Oxford Latin

Lives of Roman Christian Women by Carolinne White

Lives of Roman Christian Women

 

Early Christian Lives by Carolinne White

The Rule of Benedict by Carolinne White
Christian Friendship in the Fourth Century
The Confessions of St. Agustine Early Christian Latin Poets by Carolinne White
Early Christian Lives
The Rule of Benedict
Christian Friendship in the
Fourth Century
The Confessions of St. Augustine
Early Christian Latin Poets