Customs: Children & Education in Rome Flashcards
What would happen if a pater familias did not wish to acknowledge a child?
The child would be exposed on the street
How long after a Roman boy’s birth would they be named in their dies lustricus?
9 days
peculium
a slave’s possessions
What is the Roman equivalent of an elementary school teacher?
litterator
crepundia
rattle
primordia
first eight days of a child’s life
pilae
balls
What teacher would teach the Greek poets and Greek language along with a wide variety of other subjects?
grammaticus
What teacher would teach reading, writing, and arithmetic?
litterator
tirocinium
apprenticeship
To what gods of the cupboard would a boy dedicate his bulla as part of the Liberalia?
Lares
bulla
amulet worn by children to ward off the evil eye (fascinatio)
fascinatio
the evil eye
What two items made up a boy’s insignia pueritiae which he dedicated during the Liberalia?
His bulla & toga praetexta
dies lustricus
naming ceremony after 8 (or 9 days) after a child’s birth?
nundinae
market days (no school)
susceptio
the pater familias “lifting” up the baby in acknowledging them as his child
How long after a Roman girl’s birth would they be named in their dies lustricus?
8 days
At what festival would a boy give up his bulla and toga praetexta to officially become a man?
Liberalia
cunabula
cradle
tali
knucklebones for playing jacks
What festival was on March 17th?
Liberalia
What toga would a boy wear after giving up his toga praetexta during the Liberalia?
Toga Virilis/Pura/Libera
lectica
a litter for carrying a baby (also a litter in general)
paedagogus
slave who would accompany child to school (from Greek pais - child & ago - to lead)
suasoria
debate class
What teacher would teach public speaking?
rhetor
