(1) Primary education has not been paid attention to by the state, and the facilities for running schools in various places are quite simple, and the teaching focus of schools has also begun to shift from literature learning to grammar analysis.

(2) Grammar schools attach great importance to the teaching of Latin, and Latin grammar and Roman literature gradually dominate the teaching of grammar schools. Too much emphasis on speculation makes the teaching methods of grammar schools tend to formalism.

(3) Rhetoric school is greatly influenced by national politics, and the education and training goal has changed from training public speakers to training national officials. The main content of learning is rhetoric, but "rhetoric has become pure" and the learning method has become more formalistic; In order to meet the political and economic needs of the Roman Empire, the rulers established special schools in Rome to teach law, medicine and philosophy.

(4) During this period, the attitude of Roman rulers towards Christianity changed greatly. Christianity gradually evolved into a religious form acceptable to the ruling class, and Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire. It began to play an important role in the education and teaching of schools at all levels, and gradually occupied a dominant position.