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>professional educators known as the grammaticus (in Rome) or paidagogos and other specialized teachers (in Greece) were typically men
>only wealthy families had the means and social expectation to employ slaves or freedmen as teachers, while less affluent households generally taught practical skills at home or relied on inexpensive local teachers, not slaves
>Girls’ formal education, if any, often ended by early adolescence and focused on preparing them for domestic and social roles
>Mothers, nursemaids, and sometimes female slaves taught basic skills, moral values, and domestic tasks
>only wealthy families had the means and social expectation to employ slaves or freedmen as teachers, while less affluent households generally taught practical skills at home or relied on inexpensive local teachers, not slaves
>Girls’ formal education, if any, often ended by early adolescence and focused on preparing them for domestic and social roles
>Mothers, nursemaids, and sometimes female slaves taught basic skills, moral values, and domestic tasks
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