The terracotta is made out of clay so it might feel like hard clay.
I believe it was Justinian that managed to unite Rome, and expanding the Byzantine Empire.
They believed that it was unlawful to force children to attend public schooling when their parents might not want it, and saw it as an infringement of rights. Furthermore, many children were home schooled at the time, though this trend was declining, so public school wasn't seen as so much of a necessity.
