What is the similarities to roman schools and ours?

Answer 1

Primary Schools:

• teacher was known as the ludi magister
• would have started school at around seven years old
• school would have consisted of about thirty students
• children got the basic ability of how to read, write, and do simple arithmetic

Secondary Schools:

• teacher was known as the grammaticus
• learned about famous Greek and Roman writers
  • began with the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer
  • learned about tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (Greek playwrights)
  • learned long passages by heart
• learned a little history and geography
• would have good knowledge of Greek and Latin
• left the school at around fifteen or sixteen

Post-Secondary Schools:

• teacher was known as the rhetor
  • often highly educated Greek
• more advanced lessons in literature
• learned public speaking
• learned how to create speeches
• learned political strategies for elections

General Information

• school began early and lasted for about six hours
• there was a short break at noon
• parents did not need to send their kids to school; only if they wanted them to be educated and could pay the fee
• daughters were usually educated at home, or if they were very wealthy, they were sometimes sent to school
• students were normally escorted from home to school (or vice versa) by a paedagogus

Answer 2

They were both places where children and young adults learned. That's where the similarities end. The Roman schools were harsh by our standards. Children would many times be on their way to school before the sun was up as depicted in a carving of a slave carrying a lantern to light the way for a small school boy. The schools were sometimes outdoors by the side of a street or under a portico. Discipline was physical as each school master had his switch. The ancient schools consisted of both reading and writing along with history. There was a lot of memorizing, especially of Homer. Older students studied Greek and rhetoric.