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Jan 1, 750
Education for rich.
In 7th and 8th century, rich people in rome recieved education while poor couldnt recieve education. -
Mar 8, 753
Proper schooling in Rome started
roman period -
Jan 1, 754
Learning was mostly by heart.
Lessons were simply learned by heart. Children did not need to know why something was right - only to know that it was right and that they would escape a beating. -
Mar 6, 754
Boys Schools
In general, schools as we would recognise them, were for boys only. Also, Roman schools were rarely an individual building but an extension of a shop - separated from the crowd by a mere curtain! -
Jan 1, 755
students were beaten.
Some schools had a policy of having pupils held down by two slaves while his tutor beat him with a leather whip. -
Jan 1, 756
Children studied a seven-day week.
Children worked a seven-day week - there was no break for the weekend! However, this was not as dire as it appears. There were many school holidays - religious holidays (and there were many of them) meant that children did not have to go to school. -
Jan 1, 756
Two types of schools in Ancient Rome.
There were two types of schools in Ancient Rome. The first type of school was for younger children aged up to 11 or 12 where they learned to read and write and to do basic mathematics.
