Culture
Who are some Greek writers who influenced Roman culture
The dramatist Euripides, and the philosopher Anaximander
What endings make it clear that "we" and"you" are being spoken?
-mus and -tis
Romans generally only used nos or vos for emphasis
Comparatives are used to compare two things or groups with each other. In the examples above, the Romans are comparing themselves with the Greeks
Examples above:
1. nos Romani sumus callidiores quam vos Graeci
We Romans are cleverer than you Greeks
2. nos Romani sumus fortiores quam vos Graeci
We Romans are braver than you Greeks
Why did Quintus have to learn public speaking?
So he could take part in public life one day, present cases in the law courts, express his opinions in council meetings, or even address people at election time if he wants to get into politics
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What are some things children learned with a ludi magister?
Children learned to read and write Greek and Latin and simple arithmetic
Imperfect tense endings:
bam (I was), bas (you were), bat (he she it was), bamus (we were), batis (y'all were), bant (they were)
Give me the comparative of longus
logior-longer
*bonus
longissimus means the longest
What was the third stage of learning?
The school of a rhetor, who gave students more advanced more advanced versions of lessons in literature and trained students in public speaking
How old are you when you go to the ludi magister?
Bout seven
6-7
What was the purpose of a paedagogus?
To make sure children behaved properly and stayed safe
Ego ends with what ending?
-o
give me the comparative of notus
notior
How could a girl get education?
Some girls went to the ludi magister, but several picked up things from their parents and brothers. Some wealthy families had an enslaved tutor to teach their daughter because girls needed to know arithmetic and such for household finances. Poorer girl learned about weaving and spinning thread
How old are you when you go to grammaticus?
Bout 11
What did students write with and on?
They wrote on a tabulae, which was a wooden tablet with a thin coat of was, and they wrote with a stilus, which was a thin stick made of metal, bone, or ivory
tu ends with what ending?
-as, -at
The word Magnus forms its comparatives in a different way:
1.Nuceria est magna
2. Roma est maior quam Nuceria
1.Nuceria is large
2.Rome is larger than Nuceria
How could people learn science and technical studies?
Wealthy parents could pay extra fees for their children to learn science and such from a specialist teacher. Technical studies were learned by being an apprentice.
How old were you when you left grammaticus?
Bout 15 or 16
What was the second stage of schooling and what did they learn?
It was grammaticus, where they learned about the works of different Greek and Latin writers, a little history and geography, and different Greek and Roman people
-mus and -tis
give me the comparative of doctus
doctior
What did some students write on other than a tabulae and stilus?
They used papyrus and ink, made from reeds and a gummy resin, soot like mixture
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