WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

ROMAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Education in Rome was
A
not highly valued.
B
against the law.
C
highly regarded.
D
only for the wealthy.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Romans education was based on the classical Greek tradition but infused with Roman politics, cosmology, and religious beliefs. The only children to receive a formal education were the children of the rich. The very rich families employed a private tutor to teach their children.

Detailed explanation-2: -Moral education was the central element of Roman schooling. Both parents and the state were concerned more with the character of the child as they were with their intellectual prowess and knowledge of culture.

Detailed explanation-3: -As a rule schools as we know them today didn’t exist in the Roman era and there was no free public education. Education for the most part was in the hands of scholarly people, known as “pedagogues, ‘’ who set themselves up as schoolmasters in private houses and enrolled pupil boarders.

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