CLC Roman Life Stage 10 - Education

At what age would a Roman boy have started school?

• 5

• 7

• 9

• 11

A Roman boy's FIRST teacher was called a ...

• rhetor

• grammaticus

• ludi magister

• paedogogus

A Roman boy's SECOND teacher was called a ...

• rhetor

• grammaticus

• ludi magister

• paedogogus

A Roman boy's THIRD teacher was called a ...

• rhetor

• grammaticus

• ludi magister

• paedogogus

The slave who would accompany a Roman boy to school was called a ...

• rhetor

• grammaticus

• ludi magister

• paedogogus

'Roman girls never went to school'

• True

• False

'Roman boys had to go school by law'

• True

• False

The 'ludi magister' would teach ... (tick all that apply)

• boys only

• debating skills

• 15-year-olds

• about 30 pupils at a time

The 'grammaticus' would teach ... (tick all that apply)

• Latin literature

• debating skills

• 13-year-olds

• The 'Odyssey' by Homer

The 'rhetor' would teach ... (tick all that apply)

• 8-year-olds

• arithmetic

• Latin literature

• debating skills