<P> Education in ancient Rome progressed from an informal, familial system of education in the early Republic to a tuition - based system during the late Republic and the Empire . The Roman education system was based on the Greek system--and many of the private tutors in the Roman system were Greek slaves or freedmen . The educational methodology and curriculum used in Rome was copied in its provinces, and provided a basis for education systems throughout later Western civilization . Organized education remained relatively rare, and there are few primary sources or accounts of the Roman educational process until the 2nd century AD . Due to the extensive power wielded by the paterfamilias over Roman families, the level and quality of education provided to Roman children varied drastically from family to family; nevertheless, Roman popular morality came eventually to expect fathers to have their children educated to some extent, and a complete advanced education was expected of any Roman who wished to enter politics . </P> <P> At the height of the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, the Roman educational system gradually found its final form . Formal schools were established, which served paying students; very little that could be described as free public education existed . Both boys and girls were educated, though not necessarily together . </P>

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