Rome

Question 1

What was the litterator, what did people learn at this stage of education and how?

Answer 1

• Boys and girls would learn reading, writing and basic arithmetic at this stage.
• It was very basic and repetitive at this stage-letters was practiced over and over again and once this was done right, they had to learn and copy out useful phrases, such as loborare est orare.
• They used wax tablets, which pupils wrote on with a stilus. They would eventually move on from this to a pen and ink on a papyrus.

Question 2

How did the grammaticus develop the boys’ knowledge and skills?

Answer 2

• Greek and Latin literature was taught at this stage, which included the likes of poetry, drama, history and philosophy. -This used their skills of reading from the first stage of education
• .Them learning literature developed their skills of reading literature

Question 3

Did the Rhetor prepare the students for adult life?

Answer 3

• They were taught the art of public speaking , which is a valuable and crucial skill in a world without other means of communication that we have today.
• They were taught to deliver speeches with facial expression and hand gestures.
• They practiced speaking by arguing about issues from history or literature.
• This is similar to a barrister’s training today, and many of Rome’s most leading politicians were also lawyers.

Question 4

What happened before the sacrifice?

Answer 4

• A time was appointed with a priest of the relevent temple.
• On this day, the roman would go to the market to buy an an animal, which had to have no blemish in order for the gods to approve.
• The sacrificer would wear his best toga, tie ribbons to the animal and lead it through the streets to the temple.
• If it stumpled along the way, this was considered a bad omen and the process may have had to be started again.

Question 5

Why were the sacrifices outside of the temple?

Answer 5

• It was done on the altar outside the temple so that:
• everyone could see
• So that when the meat was cooking it wouldnt harm the temple and could go to the gods.
• The practice was messy and it was done outside so that the blood could be easily cleaned up after.

Question 6

Was the most important part of the sacrifice was after the killing of the animal?

Answer 6

Yes.
-the importance of praising and recognising the gods
through the burning of the animal’s bodyparts
-the examination of the insides of the animal to test for bad omens
-giving the meat to the spectators and those involved.

Question 7

What were the main duties of the Roman wife?

Answer 7

• main role was to manage the household, although it was not uncommon for them to visit friends or public places.
• assigning slaves to various duties (cooking cleaning fetching water)
• Manage the spinning and weaving in the house, since they tried to produce as many of their own clothes as possible.
• most importantly, to produce and bring up children (overseeing nursing and ensure they went to school and learn their duties).

Question 8

Why was the roman wife important?

Answer 8

• she was vital in running the daily life of the family.
• played a big role in the upbringing and lives of her children.
• producing heirs was a very big and important duty.
• she ran dinner parties and other events, which reflected the position and appearance of the family in society.

Question 9

How limited was the life of the roman wife?

Answer 9

• It differed whether you were rich or poor, some rich women enjoyed great luxury.
• Due to the sexism at the time, she had little say in society and could not vote.
• the father dictated most of her life: who she saw and what she did and when she wanted a divorce this was often difficult to arrange or was unlikely.