Daily Life in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome
Roman Education
In Margaret A. Brucia and Gregory N. Daugherty's To Be a Roman, they present the following very basic information about the ancient Roman education.
In Margaret A. Brucia and Gregory N. Daugherty's To Be a Roman, they present the following very basic information about the ancient Roman education.
Spartan Education
Education was state-sponsored in ancient Sparta, at least for the sons of the Spartan elite. Considered a very rigorous education, children learned to sing and dance, played ball and ate at the home of their 20-year old teacher. Learn more about this ancient education system that was considered so good that Xenophon sent his own sons to be fostered in Sparta so they could enjoy its benefits.
Education was state-sponsored in ancient Sparta, at least for the sons of the Spartan elite. Considered a very rigorous education, children learned to sing and dance, played ball and ate at the home of their 20-year old teacher. Learn more about this ancient education system that was considered so good that Xenophon sent his own sons to be fostered in Sparta so they could enjoy its benefits.
Review Libraries in the Ancient World
Lionel Casson's Libraries in the Ancient World is an easy-to-read overall history of ancient libraries, their organization, the development of books, and book copying that makes modern public libraries sound surprisingly similar to the ancient ones.
Lionel Casson's Libraries in the Ancient World is an easy-to-read overall history of ancient libraries, their organization, the development of books, and book copying that makes modern public libraries sound surprisingly similar to the ancient ones.
Roman Fractions
Romans did not have a "zero" but that doesn't mean they didn't have fractions. Mostly their fractions were of the form "one part in x," as in 1/2 or 1/6, and they were utility-based (weights, measures of land, interest on loans, etc.).
Romans did not have a "zero" but that doesn't mean they didn't have fractions. Mostly their fractions were of the form "one part in x," as in 1/2 or 1/6, and they were utility-based (weights, measures of land, interest on loans, etc.).
Ancient Price of Oil
One of the hardest comparisons to make between antiquity and today is the cost of various items. Bread and Circuses blogger, Adrian Murdoch, notes that when he finds such items, he will blog them. In this vein, he recently blogged the price of oil, according to Pliny the Elder.
One of the hardest comparisons to make between antiquity and today is the cost of various items. Bread and Circuses blogger, Adrian Murdoch, notes that when he finds such items, he will blog them. In this vein, he recently blogged the price of oil, according to Pliny the Elder.
Spartan Education
Education was state-sponsored in ancient Sparta, at least for the sons of the Spartan elite. Considered a very rigorous education, children learned to sing and dance, played ball and ate at the home of their 20-year old teacher. Learn more about this ancient education system that was considered so good that Xenophon sent his own sons to be fostered in Sparta so they could enjoy its benefits.
Education was state-sponsored in ancient Sparta, at least for the sons of the Spartan elite. Considered a very rigorous education, children learned to sing and dance, played ball and ate at the home of their 20-year old teacher. Learn more about this ancient education system that was considered so good that Xenophon sent his own sons to be fostered in Sparta so they could enjoy its benefits.
Culture
Culture refers to material and social aspects of human life.
Culture refers to material and social aspects of human life.