How they taught thier children
Education was considered extremely important to the ancient Romans so the upper classes of ancient Rome would spend a big deal to educate their children while the lower class didn’t get a formal education although there were still some lower class who were able to learn how to write and read. The children from rich families did receive a proper education however and they were usually tutored at their home or they would gather in an area usually separated from a shop by a curtain and is close to what we might call a school. There were two type of schools in ancient Rome, there was one for younger children at ages 11 to 12 where they had the opportunity to learn the basics of mathematics and reading and writing. then there was another school for ages 13 to 14 but was usually only for educating males as for the girls would get married by 12 but the men had to wait until they were 14.
Boys were only ever allowed to write on paper if they could prove they knew how to write otherwise they would work on a wax tablet. The pens were quills and the ink that they used was made from gum. In general girls did not participate in school because girls from poor families could not receive an education and girls that could were usually taught at home by a private tutor and then married by 14 so most school would consist of boys only. As children they would have to work seven days a week and would receive no breaks or weekends however this isn’t that horrible as for they were allowed many holidays because of the religion there was an extravagant amount of religious holidays awarded to the children attending school.