The article examines the educational concepts of the outstanding ancient Roman rhetorician and teacher Mark Fabius Quintilian, which were formed by the first century AD. Their knowledge is necessary, firstly, to understand how the formation of philosophical and pedagogical thought took place in Ancient Rome; secondly, to find out which educational concepts the teacher Mark Fabius Quintilian borrowed from his predecessors, that include the Ancient Greek philosophy of education, and which he introduced into ancient Roman pedagogy himself.

The article analyzes the features of the philosophy of education of the outstanding ancient Greek philosopher and teacher Aristotle developed by the 4th century BC. Its knowledge is important — firstly, to understand how the formation of philosophical and pedagogical thought took place in Ancient Greece; secondly, to find out which educational concepts the philosopher Aristotle borrowed from his teacher Plato, and which ones he introduced into pedagogy himself.