Education was very important to the Ancient Romans. The goal of Education was to be an effective speaker. The school day began before sunrise, as did all work in Rome. Students brought candles to use intill sunrise. No one know's when the school days started, but they probably varried from school to school. However, we do know that school began each year, on March, 24th. Rome didn't have public schools, they usually had private and …showed first 75 words of 515 total…

…showed last 75 words of 515 total…of age. If you didn't get married by the age of 15-16, you were punished. Girls began to attend school in the later years of the Republic. After the regin of the emperor Agustus, the position of women in Rome's society improved and some became teachers. Poor children wern't able to go to school. School wasn't free and the poorer family's couldn't afford to send their kid's there. They would usually learn from their parent's.