CLA233H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 11: Manumission, Quintilian, Gracchi
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Many sic people die from lack of sleep, noise deprives them of sleep. Mugging occurs at night and the police cannot prevent it. Education used to be informal homeschooling from fathers. Were taught enough reading writing and arithmetic to understand simple business transactions. The father was also responsible for making sure his children would be good citizens. Eventually teachers were hired to conduct academic training the father was still seen as the ideal teacher of morals. Cato the elder himself took to teach his son and did not see it fit to have a slave participate. Romans realized child"s earliest years were also the most formative so parents were advised to take an active role in their child"s upbringing. Shelton 135: quintilian, the elements of oratory 1. 1. 6-8, 15-17, 20. Parents should be as well educated as possible: e. g. Cornelia, mother of the gracchi contributed to her sons" eloquence. Slaves involved in teaching a child should also be well educated.
