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Daily life

School (Ludus)

A Roman child practiced letters with a stilus on a wax tablet. A magister taught the early lessons, and a paedagogus, often an enslaved attendant, walked the child to school.

Grades 4–8. Daily life.

How it connects

Ludus can mean school or game. The stylus and the tablet decide which meaning is meant.

Latin words that go with this card: puer, magister.

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