1st Edition
Education in Ancient Rome From the Elder Cato to the Younger Pliny
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. It provides a historical background, showing the effects upon the educational system of Rome’s transition from an agricultural community to a great metropolis, tracing the development of primary, grammar and rhetoric schools, and discussing the standards of upbringing and education. The book then looks at the physical conditions of teaching – accommodation, equipment, discipline, the economic position of teachers, the fee-paying system, and the part played by the Roman State. Finally, it gives a full appraisal of the standard Roman teaching programme.
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
Biography
Stanley F. Bonner
