When did Roman children go to school?

Answer 1

Children of humble background went to school until the age of 10-11. There was not a formal education system and teachers set up their own classes where they could, including in the back of shops separated for the rest of the shop by just a curtain and in the street. Elementary classes were run by a teacher called litterator. Children learnt to read and write and basic maths.

Children of people who could afford it went to better classes and continued on to the classes run by the grammaticus from the age of 9 to 12 until the age of 14-15. They improved their writing, learnt oration, expressive poetic reading and poetic analysis. Pupils were expected to have some knowledge of spoken and written Greek and classes were bilingual.

A small number of children went on to study with the rhetor. They studied rhetoric. If you wanted to study further, you went to Greece to study philosophy.

The children of rich people had private tuition at home.

Answer 2

It would depend on the social class that the child was in. A poor or lower classed child would more than likely learn a little reading and writing and arithmetic and then have to go and help out his parents in their line of work. He could be finished with his formal schooling at ten or twelve years of age. A wealthier born child would have the opportunity to learn the basics and then either study with a private tutor or be sent to Greece to complete his education. His schooling could possible last into his late teens or early twenties.

Answer 3

Roman children only went to school if their parents could afford it. This happened from about 200BC

Answer 4

roman children were able to og to school when they are allowed by their parents. But not all were even able to go to school because not all were wealthy enough to receive education.