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Grammaticus
The Grammaticus taught the sons of craftsmen and merchants correct sentence
structure and speaking form. He had the right to swat the child across the back
with a stick if he made grammar mistakes. In early times the Grammaticus was not
always highly respected in Roman society and during the Republican period, the Senate banned all philosophers and grammaticii from Rome because they corrupted the
minds of young Romans by teaching them to be "lazy and overly clever."
The History of Rome - Part One 743 - 136 B.C. © Bible History Online (http://www.bible-history.com) |