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In 7th and 8th century, rich people in rome recieved education while poor couldnt recieve education.
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roman period
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Lessons were simply learned by heart. Children did not need to know why something was right - only to know that it was right and that they would escape a beating.
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In general, schools as we would recognise them, were for boys only. Also, Roman schools were rarely an individual building but an extension of a shop - separated from the crowd by a mere curtain!
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Some schools had a policy of having pupils held down by two slaves while his tutor beat him with a leather whip.
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Children worked a seven-day week - there was no break for the weekend! However, this was not as dire as it appears. There were many school holidays - religious holidays (and there were many of them) meant that children did not have to go to school.
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There were two types of schools in Ancient Rome. The first type of school was for younger children aged up to 11 or 12 where they learned to read and write and to do basic mathematics.
