Editing Culture of ancient Rome (section)

===Education===
{{Main|Education in ancient Rome}}
[[File:Busto maschile.JPG|thumb|left|[[Roman portraiture]] fresco of a young man with a [[papyrus]] [[scroll]], from [[Herculaneum]], 1st century AD]]
Schooling in a more formal sense was begun around 200 BC. Education began at the age of around six, and in the next six to seven years, boys and girls were expected to learn the basics of [[Reading (activity)|reading]], [[writing]] and [[counting]]. By the age of twelve, they would be learning [[Latin]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[grammar]] and [[literature]], followed by training for [[public speaking]]. [[Eloquence|Oratory]] was an art to be practiced and learned and good [[orator]]s commanded respect; becoming an effective orator was one of the objectives of [[education]] and [[learning]]. Poor children could not afford education. In some cases, services of gifted slaves were utilized for imparting education. School was mostly for boys, but some wealthy girls were tutored at home; however, girls could still go to school sometimes.