Vesuvius Readings for Students

Following up on last week’s post, here are two adaptations of Pliny’s Vesuvius letter for different levels. We hope you enjoy reading these with your students.

Vesuvius Reading – Latin I and II

Vesuvius Reading – Latin II and III

By Ruth Breindel, who taught Latin, Greek, Linguistics and Mythology at Moses Brown School for 30 years.

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