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LIVING LIKE AN ANCIENT THE PLIGHT OF SCHOOLTEACHERS IN ANCIENT ROME
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Education in Rome was not usually supplied by the state and there was no formal qualification needed to become a teacher. In many cases the only qualification for getting the job was being able to round up enough paying pupils to make the work worthwhile. For the poorer type of schoolteacher this meant skimping on hiring a classroom by making use