古罗马儿童的游戏

Children's Games in the Ancient Rome

根据罗马古典作家的记载和碑铭资料,本文考察了古罗马儿童的游戏情况以及古罗马人的游戏观。一般而言,学前儿童的任何安全的游戏都不会遭到成年人的反对,而学龄儿童的某些游戏种类则会受到限制,并成为他们学习的附属活动。就本质而言,古罗马儿童的游戏不仅是孩子对成人社会的模仿,也是自己在未来社会中角色的预演。

Based on ancient Roman classical writers＇ records and inscriptions,this article discusses the children＇s games and the concept about them in the ancient Rome.In general,there was no restriction for ancient Roman preschool children to play any kinds of safe games,but some kinds of games were restricted for school children and some games were made into their subsidiary activities at school.In essence,children not only modeled the adults＇ activities in the games,but also previewed their social roles in future.