Education in Ancient Rome: From the Elder Cato to the Younger Pliny

by Stanley F. Bonner

Overview

Education in Ancient Rome (1977) examines the development, structure and role of education from the third century B.C. to the time of Trajan, a period which saw great changes in Roman society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032764382
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2024
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: The Ancient World
Pages:	422
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part 1. The Historical Background  1. Early Roman Upbringing  2. Education Within the Family: Parents and Relatives  3. Education Within the Family: Private Tutors from Distant Lands  4. Primary Schools and ‘Pedagogues’  5. Schools of Grammar and Literature  6. The Rhetoric Schools and their Critics  7. Cicero and the Ideal of Oratorical Education  8. The Roman Student Abroad  9. Education in a Decadent Society  Part 2. Conditions of Teaching  10. The Problem of Accommodation  11. Equipment Organization; Discipline  12. The Hazards of a Fee-Paying System; Municipal and State Appointments  Part 3. The Standard Teaching Programme  13. Primary Education: Reading, Writing and Reckoning  14. The Grammatical Syllabus: The Elements of Metre and the Parts of Speech  15. The Grammatical Syllabus: Correctness in Speech and Writing  16. Study of the Poets: Reading Aloud and Reciting  17. Study of the Poets: From Reading to Commentary  18. Progress into Rhetoric: Preliminary Exercises  19. Declamations on Historical Themes  20. Learning the Art of the Advocate  21. Declamation as a Preparation for the Lawcourts