Thesis title: Paedagogi e paedagogia a Roma durante il Principato
The dissertation reconstructs the role of the paedagogi puerorum and the paedagogia within the Roman educational system during the Principate, integrating literary, epigraphic, and graffiti evidence. It shows how the education of slaves within the great aristocratic households and the domus Augusta, particularly in the paedagogia on the Palatine and at Caput Africae, functioned as a strategic device for training, discipline, and integration. The epigraphic catalogue allows for the reconstruction of the duties, career paths, and status of the paedagogi, highlighting their centrality within the economy of the Domus Caesaris. The analysis of the graffiti from the Paedagogium Palatinum reveals daily practices, identity codes, and forms of sociability and solidarity among the pueri. The study thus offers the first systematic synthesis of the phenomenon, situating it within the broader history of Roman education and the models of servile formation.