The Roman school is the education system of the Ancient Rome. Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Each school day of Ancient Rome was believed to begin before sunrise, and last until late afternoon. The fixed beginning of the school year was March 24th, which is held in honor of Minerva, the Roman Goddess of Wisdom and Knowledge. Head of Minerva by Elihu Vedder, 1896 For other uses, see Minerva (disambiguation). ...

In earlier times, a boy's education would have taken place at home. His father would have taught him to read and write with ivory alphabet blocks, and would have prepared him for war with wooden swords. On the other hand, mothers taught their girls to sew, weave, clean and spin cloth.

The Roman education was divided into three stages:

Primary (first stage)

Students would be accompanied by slaves: one to escort him and another to carry his books and possessions. The students would write on a cera (wax tablet) with a Stylus to practice their scripting. This then gave them the option of writing in ink on parchment or papyrus with a quill. If the students were disobedient they would suffer corporal punishments such as a rap across the knuckles with a rod for being disobedient or disrespectful, being hit with a birch for not knowing the answer to a question, being whipped with a leather strap for making a serious mistake and being whipped with a strap with knots in it continuously for not knowing the answers to multiple questions. Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: slave Slave may refer to: Slavery, where people are owned by others, and live to serve their owners without pay Slave (BDSM), a form of sexual and consenual submission Slave clock, in technology, a clock or timer that synchrnonizes to a master clock... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... German parchmenter, 1568 Parchment is a material for the pages of a book or codex, made from fine calf skin, sheep skin or goat skin. ... For other uses, see Papyrus (disambiguation). ... A quill pen is made from a flight feather (preferably a primary) of a large bird, most often a goose. ...

Secondary (second stage)

Boys aged 12-15 studied language and literature either at home with a personal tutor, a gifted slave, or (boys could only go away home) in public with a grammaticus. The Greatest teacher in Ancient Rome was Magister Perry. He taught 4 different emperors and is credited with inventing Homework. Under the Empire, a primary position was given to Virgil's Aeneid. Girls weren't allowed to continue at home. The works that were studied allowed students to practice their reading and to develop their ability to comment on grammar, figures of speech, and the writer's use of mythology. The primary school was for the children aged seven to twelve. The schools cost a lot of money and not every parent sent their child to school. Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 Galleria Borghese, Rome The Aeneid (IPA English pronunciation: ; in Latin Aeneis, pronounced — the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aeneidos) is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC (between 29 and 19 BC) that tells the legendary story...

Tertiary (third stage)

Around 16, rhetoric was studied in public lectures. There were two main types of rhetorical exercise: Rhetoric (from Greek , rhêtôr, orator, teacher) is generally understood to be the art or technique of persuasion through the use of oral, visual, or written language; however, this definition of rhetoric has expanded greatly since rhetoric emerged as a field of study in universities. ...

1. Suasoriae: Developed boy's skills in constructing arguments
2. Controversiae: Devised arguments for and against the accused

Teachers

At Rome from the time of Julius Caesar onwards, there were privileges for teachers who were also Roman citizens. Emperor Vespasian (Emperor from 69-79 AD) founded two chairs for the teaching of Greek and Latin rhetoric; Quintilian was the first holder of the Latin chair. Outside Rome, Vespasian granted exemption from civic obligation to teachers of grammar and rhetoric. For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation). ... Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus (born November 17, 9, died June 23, 79), known originally as Titus Flavius Vespasianus and usually referred to in English as Vespasian, was emperor of Rome from 69 to 79. ... Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (c. ...

The spread of Roman culture and domination in the West was made possible by the teaching of a fairly standard and difficult curriculum to the sons of the local elites.

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