by Gnaeus Dionysius Draco on Mon May 26, 2003 7:07 pm
Salve,
As far as I know education relied mainly on private teachers sponsored by the kid's parents. Schooling was usually only for boys. A proper education included Latin, Greek and I believe mathematics, philosophy and astronomy too. I don't know if there were really organised schools with their own classrooms and buildings but of course there were "schools of thought" which were linked to certain buildings, as the Lykaion of Aristoteles and the Akademia of Plato. There were some famous teachers too. Mainly these teachers were Greek.
Teachers were later paid a salary by the state I believe by an initiative of Septimius Severus (I could be wrong on this one).
Vale bene,
Draco
Gn. Dionysius Draco Invictus