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title: "Pliny the Younger"
url: "https://rooseprimary.co.uk/blog/2022-06-20-14-44-48-pliny-the-younger"
school: "Roose Community Primary School"
---

# Pliny the Younger

  ![Image of Pliny the Younger ](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/images/blog/BFE430FA-D73E-4544-ADD1-34DF0F82EB45.jpeg)  20 June 2022   [Gaynor Stevens](https://rooseprimary.co.uk/blog/author/GStevens)

Sporting some impressive beards, some of year 5 played the part of Pliny the Younger, reading his eye witness account of Mount Vesuvius destroying Pompeii.

### Pliny the younger

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/pliny-the-younger/98AB5E49-275B-4159-9B78-5BEB3E21E0B3.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/images/gallery/pliny-the-younger/98AB5E49-275B-4159-9B78-5BEB3E21E0B3.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/pliny-the-younger/6FA6B109-4142-4C27-8A02-BD114D19285F.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/images/gallery/pliny-the-younger/6FA6B109-4142-4C27-8A02-BD114D19285F.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/pliny-the-younger/C2880B45-0999-43AD-9969-E4A7E687961D.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/images/gallery/pliny-the-younger/C2880B45-0999-43AD-9969-E4A7E687961D.jpeg)

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