Paedagogus (occupation)

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For the book of Clement of Alexandria, see Paedagogus.
Paedagogus with two boys. Small terracotta from Tanagra, Greece, 4th century BC.

In the

Roman citizens[2] the Greek language.[3] In the period of the Roman Empire, the paedagogus became the director of the paedagogium.[3]

The Palatine paedagogium

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

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]

References

  1. ^ a b George 2013, p. 70, "Reading the Pages of the Domus Caesaris: Pueri Delicati, Slave Education, and the Graffiti of the Palatine Paedagogium".
  2. ^ a b c George 2013, p. 73, "Reading the Pages of the Domus Caesaris: Pueri Delicati, Slave Education, and the Graffiti of the Palatine Paedagogium".
  3. ^
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  4. ^ Lecture 13: A Brief Social History of the Roman Empire by Steven Kreis. Written 11 October 2006. Retrieved 2 April 2007.
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  6. ^ Werner, Paul (1978). Life in Rome in Ancient Times. Geneva: Editions Minerva S.A. p. 31.
  7. ^ CIL 6.8982-6. Dedication (October, AD 198)
  8. ^ CIL 6.1502
  9. ^ CIL 6.7290, 9740
  10. ^ cf. Dig. 33.7.12.32
  11. ^ Mohler 1940, p. 267-273.
  12. ^ Bradley 1991, p. 37-64.
  13. ^ Bradley 1991, p. 71-72.

Bibliography

External links

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