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Education in Ancient Rome : From the Elder Cato to the Younger Pliny.
This volume examines the development, structure and role of education from the third century B.C to the time of Trajan, a period which saw great changes in Roman society. When originally published it was the first complete review of the subject for half a century and was based on a new collection an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2012.
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| Colección: | Routledge library editions. Education.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- EDUCATION IN ANCIENT ROME: From the elder Cato to the younger Pliny; Copyright; EDUCATION IN ANCIENT ROME: From the elder Cato to the younger Pliny; Original Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part One: The Historical Background; CHAPTER I: Early Roman upbringing; CHAPTER II: Education within the family; (I) Parents and relatives; CHAPTER III: Education within the family (continued); (II) Private tutors from distant lands; CHAPTER IV: Primary schools and 'pedagogues'; CHAPTER V: Schools of Grammar and Literature.
- CHAPTER VI: The rhetoric schools and their criticsCHAPTER VII: Cicero and the ideal of oratorical education; CHAPTER VIII: The Roman student abroad; CHAPTER IX: Education in a decadent society; Part Two: Conditions of Teaching; CHAPTER X: The problem of accommodation; CHAPTER XI: Equipment organization; discipline; CHAPTER XII: The hazards of a fee-paying system; municipal and State appointments; Part Three: The Standard Teaching Programme; CHAPTER XIII: Primary education: reading, writing and reckoning; CHAPTER XIV: The Grammatical syllabus.
- (I) The elements of metre and the parts of speechCHAPTER XV: The Grammatical syllabus (continued); (II) Correctness in speech and writing; CHAPTER XVI: Study of the poets; (I) Reading aloud and reciting; CHAPTER XVII: Study of the poets (continued); (II) From reading to commentary; CHAPTER XVIII: Progress into rhetoric: preliminary exercises; CHAPTER XIX: Declamations on historical themes; CHAPTER XX: Learning the art of the advocate; CHAPTER XXI: Declamation as a preparation for the lawcourts; Conclusion: a few lessons from the past; List of abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.