Education in the Roman EmpireThe journey from Athens to Rome for the civil citizen lasted 12 days in the month of February. The route would cover 1553 kilometres. The traveler would have to spend 509 denarii. The traveler would travel in a faster sailing ship and fast chariot and travel on foot. During this journey the traveler will encounter the educational system of the Roman Empire. The government-protected education system. The Romans followed educational traditions. The status of teacher had to be confirmed by the Emperor. In the newly conquered territories, education was part of Romanization. Latin and Greek were the languages ​​of instruction. In the eastern part of the Roman Empire, Greek maintained its purity and high standard. But by 200 AD, under the reign of Constantine, both languages ​​lost their initial influence, disappeared from schools and universities and resolved themselves into a variety of local dialects. The Christian Church slowly began to influence the educational system by imposing liturgical language. The education of children in the upper grades changed the usual pattern of private tutors or family education in schools. However there are some cases where a Greek tutor at home taught the child up to sixteen years old. These tutors had the goal of transforming the Roman boy into a Roman man. Tutors dedicate all their time to students, while in school teachers are more likely to be more inspired by the number of students. The competition at school was also stimulating for the students. The schools were called “ludus litterarius”. Emperor Hadrian decided to offer tax immunity to school teachers to encourage them to start primary schools in the provinces. Children went to school from the age of six or seven. There were about twelve students in one class. Slaves who re...... middle of paper ...... to acquire wealth and power. Bibliography Carcopino, Girolamo. Daily life in ancient Rome. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1981.Cary, M and H. H. Scullard. A history of Rome up to the reign of Constantine. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1975. Liversidge, Joan. Daily life in the Roman Empire. London: BT Batsford, 1976. “ORBIS.” Stanford University. http://orbis.stanford.edu/# (accessed November 21, 2013).Poynton, J.B. “Roman Education.” Greece and Rome 4, n. 10 (1934): 1-12. http://www.jstor.org/stable/641229 (accessed November 22, 2013). Reydams-Schils, G. “Philosophy and Education in the Stoicism of the Roman Imperial Era.” Oxford Review Of Education 36, no. 5 (October 2010): 561-574. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed November 17, 2013). Stobart, J.C., W.S. Maguinness, and H.H. Scullard. The greatness that was Rome. 4th ed. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1962.