ANCIENT AND LATER

ROMAN EDUCATION
 HOW WAS THE EDUCATION
SYSTEM IN ANCIENT ROME?
Ancient Rome considered Education
a vital part of their development and
a significant invention
The education system
in early ancient Rome
was informal, where
fathers were
responsible for
teaching their children
the basic skills of
reading, writing, and
arithmetic.
Rome went from an informal
education system to level of It was mixed with
school system for a few
Roman politics,
centuries- influenced by Greek
educational practices. Roman religious
beliefs and cosmology
Interesting facts
This inspired the development of
education systems all over the
Western civilization. Rome’s rise to
world power status ensured
adapting it’s curriculum and
methods throughout the provinces
it ruled
The education heavily relied on the
fear factor. The school were heavily
disciplined and students were
punished even for the slightest
mistakes
It was on the belief that students
would learn faster and more
accurately if they feared making
a mistake. Students
continuously making mistakes
were held by slaves and beaten
with a leather whip by the tutor.
 ROMAN SCHOOLING
Revolved around moral education This is
and instilled good ethics in their because the
children. The state and parents
were concerned about their
Roman’s
children’s character, intellectual believed in the
development, and cultural ability to state
knowledge. how far
students
ANCIENT ROMAN STUDENTS WERE PLACED IN A
CERTAIN CLASS AS PER THEIR ABILITIES INSTEAD would
OF THEIR AGES. progress in
their education
Similarly, rivalry among the
students was created to motivate
them to study. Children had to
reach school before sunrise and
face specific threats, violence and
abuse in case of any misconducts
or mistakes
The Upbringing of the Children
❖The boys and girls, however
did not receive the same type
of education.
❖Boys received lessons on
honorabilityand physical
training as a practice of man’s
role in society and the army
❖On the other hand, girls were
only allowed to read and write
Girls from affluent families
received a home education
focusing on skills to be a
good wives and run a From the early age of 7,
prosperous household,
boys were under the
teaching them music,
sewing and running a
supervision of the tutors,
kitchen and girls stayed home as
their mother’s companion
LATER
ROMAN
EDUCATION
Tiers of Roman Curriculum
MORAL EDUCATION
Roman homes and the family installed moral education within the
children, unlike Greece, where boys received their primary
education by learning from their communities.

The parents’ responsibility was to teach their children necessary

skills at the beginning of the Roman republic, including agriculture,
domestic, moral, civil responsibilities, and military skills.

Parents needed to instill in their children the value of tradition and

devotion to duty which, for boys, it meant a commitment to the
state, and for girls, it meant devotion to their husband and family.
People of Rome were not required to reach or complete a certain
level of education. The children from affluent families received
their education from tutors, and those from low-income families
received education from primary schools- known as Ludus
litterarius.

The instructors in those schools were known as litteratus, a highly

respected title. They could open Ludus litteratus anywhere they
preferred, from their own houses, gymnasiums, or even the
streets.
 The primary level of education in ancient Rome ranged from writing
and reading letters and syllables and wordlists to memorizing and
dictating literature, mostly poetry.

There were no formal examination systems, but their exercises

would be measured and corrected in necessary cases. This
brought along competitive nature among the students.
GRAMMATICUS
The males belonging to elite families would start studying with the
Grammaticus after reaching the age of twelve and leave behind their
private tutors.

They would focus on perfecting their speaking, writing, and poetic skills.
They would also learn Greek, in case they have not yet. While by this
age, boys from lower status would begin working, and girls would be
married.

Grammaticus took lectures and taught expressive reading and poetic

analysis. The study material was bilingual, consisting of Latin and
Greek.
RHETOR
The students, after reaching the age of 15, transferred
learning from Grammaticus and moved to Rhetor.
The final learning stage of Roman education was the
Rhetor, and only a few boys studied rhetoric, which
was an essential way of training as a politician or
lawyer.
Rhetoric studies weren’t taught but learned by observing
the elders’ actions
The philosophical study was the level after Rhetor of
Roman study after Rhetor for those who wanted to
study further, a Greek concept. Students had to go to
a center of philosophy in Greece to study philosophy
and could be pursued only by the wealthiest Roman
elites
In the ancient Roman world, all philosophical teachings were
more concerned with explaining texts than analyzing the
problems.
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