Exercise for "Roman Education"

 

Education

 

 

This exercise created by Susan Barber.

Identifying the Gods on Roman Coins

Use the following website to answer the questions below: http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romel/html/education.html. (You may wish to print out this page and write out your definitions.) Then, test yourself on your knowledge by taking the quizzes linked at the bottom of the page.

Define paedagogus.

At what time of the day did school start? When did it end?

What was the date school started?

Name two holidays.

Describe the discipline system in Roman schools.

Define plagosus.

Define grammatica.

What was the teacher in a grammatica called?

In what subject would a student use an abacus?

What did Livius Andronicus do for Roman education?

Name two subjects taught in grammar schools.

Students who attended rhetoric school usually came from __________ families.

Name some places where rhetoric students studied abroad.

The best place to study abroad was _________.

Students would learn military training, jurisprudence and other subjects through an ____________________.

Under whom did Cicero study law?

Roman Education Quiz 1
Roman Education Quiz 2