Paedagogus (occupation)
In ancient Greece, a paidagogos (Ancient Greek: παιδαγωγός) was a slave entrusted with supervising boys from the age of seven and in the Roman Republic, the paedagogus, plural paedagogi or paedagogiani,[1] was a slave or a freedman who taught the sons of Roman citizens[2] the Greek language.[3] In the period of the Roman Empire, the paedagogus became the director of the paedagogium.[3]
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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 graffito on the walls of the paedagogium of the Palatine, and it represents his social and cultural formation, which is identified such 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][failed verification][8][9][non-primary source needed]
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.[10] 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).[11] There is a third title which appears in three inscriptions and means the director of the paedagogium (praeceptor).[12]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Keegan 2013, p. 70.
- ^ a b c Keegan 2013, p. 73.
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- ^ 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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- ^ CIL 6.8982-6. Dedication (October, AD 198)
- ^ CIL VI, 7290; CIL VI, 9740.
- ^ Cf. Dig. 33.7.12.32
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- ^ Bradley 1991, pp. 37–64.
- ^ Bradley 1991, pp. 71–72.
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