In the Roman Republic, the paedagogus, plural paedagogi or paedagogiani, [1] was a slave or a freedman who taught the sons of Roman citizens [2] the Greek language. [3] In the period of the Roman Empire, the paedagogus became the director of the paedagogium. [3]
There were no public schools in the early Roman Republic so boys were taught to read and write by their parents or by educated paedagogi, usually of Greek origin. [4] [5] [6]
A representation of a paedagogus was painted as a graffito on the walls of the paedagogium of the Palatine, and it represents his social and cultural formation, which is identified such a slave. [1]
An inscription of the second century dedicated to the Roman emperor Caracalla lists twenty-four paedagogi. [2] In some cases, the title of paedagogus is connected with private elite families. [7] [8] [9] [10]
Being a paedagogus meant obeying conduct and duty laws. [2]
In the imperial institution, the title of paedagogus refers to the duty of child-attendant or tutor rather than a teacher. [11] The other title of paedagogus refers to a variety of interrelated capacities related to the offspring of the imperial family and aristocracy: disciplina (academic and moral instruction), custodia (companion and protector) and decorum (directives of precepts for public behaviour). [12] There is a third title which appears in three inscriptions and means the director of the paedagogium (praeceptor). [13]
In the Roman Republic, the paedagogus, plural paedagogi or paedagogiani, [1] was a slave or a freedman who taught the sons of Roman citizens [2] the Greek language. [3] In the period of the Roman Empire, the paedagogus became the director of the paedagogium. [3]
There were no public schools in the early Roman Republic so boys were taught to read and write by their parents or by educated paedagogi, usually of Greek origin. [4] [5] [6]
A representation of a paedagogus was painted as a graffito on the walls of the paedagogium of the Palatine, and it represents his social and cultural formation, which is identified such a slave. [1]
An inscription of the second century dedicated to the Roman emperor Caracalla lists twenty-four paedagogi. [2] In some cases, the title of paedagogus is connected with private elite families. [7] [8] [9] [10]
Being a paedagogus meant obeying conduct and duty laws. [2]
In the imperial institution, the title of paedagogus refers to the duty of child-attendant or tutor rather than a teacher. [11] The other title of paedagogus refers to a variety of interrelated capacities related to the offspring of the imperial family and aristocracy: disciplina (academic and moral instruction), custodia (companion and protector) and decorum (directives of precepts for public behaviour). [12] There is a third title which appears in three inscriptions and means the director of the paedagogium (praeceptor). [13]