Cambridge Latin Chapter 10 Culture
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Around what age does the children start elementry school? | 7 Years old |
| Before they start elementry school, who taught them? | Their Mothers taught them how to speak Latin correctly |
| What does upper class girls do? | They are tutored at home by a private tutor whom they studied Greek, Latin, play lyre, and sing |
| What does most girls do with their time besides learning? | They learn the skills of a good housewife such as cooking, cleaning, childcare, spinning, and weaving |
| How many students and teacher(s) are in a classroom | 30 pupils and a teacher |
| Ludi Magister | The teacher |
| Describe how their school? | A rented room or in public colonnade or square |
| Does the parents have to give them education? | No |
| Does the parents have to pay for their school?. | yes but it isn't high |
| What are the advantages of taking their child to school? | They will be able to read and write |
| Paedagogus | Escort the child to school and reponsible for their behaivor and protection |
| What does the other slave do? | They carried their books and writing materials |
| What does the school teaches? | Latin, Greek, and basic arithmetic |
| Tabulae | Wooden tablets coated w/ thin film of wax and he inscribed the letters on the wax surface |
| Stilus | w/ thin stick of metal, bone, or ivory |
| papyrus | a material that looked like paper but rougher in texture |
| What was ink made of? | Made from soot and resign or other gummy substances |
| Where does the pupils sat on? | On benches or stools and they rest their tablets on their knee |
| Where does the teacher sit? | A high stool |
| How do they discpline? | They're strict and sometimes harsh |
| How long does their class last? | 6 hours with a short break during midday |
| Many children finish school? | Around 11 years old |
| Grammaticus | It introduced pupils to the works of famous Greek and Latin writers, beginning with the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer |
| Who are the 2 Roman writers that are frequently read at school | Vergil and Horace |
| Around what aged where they're done with grammaticus | 15 or 16 years old |
| Why does Romans have to learn Greek? | Greek are used widely in the country |
| Rhehetor | Teacherwho arr highly educated Greek who will give them more advanced lesson in lit. and trainning his student the art of public speaking |
| Why do people study science and technical skills for? | For people who are wealthy enough for a specialist teacher; technical skills were learned by becoming an apprentice in trade or bussiness |
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