A: The school education system in the late Roman Republic not only retained the cultural characteristics of the Roman nation, but also absorbed the achievements of ancient Greek culture and education. During this period, there were two parallel school systems, one was a Greek school which mainly taught Greek and Greek literature, and the other was a Latin school, which included three stages: primary school, secondary school and higher education.

Primary education, just a supplement to family education, consists of reading, writing and arithmetic, including learning moral maxims and twelve tables. Girls also go to primary school. This school is private.

In secondary education, there were grammar schools at first, followed by Latin law schools, which studied Greek and Latin respectively, as well as geography, history, mathematics and natural sciences. The teaching methods are explanation, dictation and recitation, aiming at mastering the ability of reading, writing and speaking.

The goal of higher education, that is, rhetoric school or eloquence school, is to train speakers or speakers. In addition to paying attention to the study of literature and rhetoric, the school also offers dialectics, history, law, mathematics, astronomy, geometric ethics and music.