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The Roman Collegia.
" There was a common area ( or chest ) to contnin their revenues , their contributions , and their fines . " Each college had its archives and its banners . « - It had & jus sodalitii or full power over its members . " To each candidate on his admission was administered an oath
peculiar to the college . " The sodales supported their poor brethren . " They imposed tributa or contributions to meet their current and extraordinary expenses . " They buried publicly deceased brethren , all the survivors
attending the rite . "A common sepulchre or columharmm received the brethren . "Each college celebrated its natal day , —a day called carae cognationis , *—and two other days , called severally dies violarum and dies rosce .
" We may guess the intention for which the natal day and the day carae cognationis were appointed , viz . to carry out the general purposes of the college ; but for the dies violarum and dies rosce there were other purposes . On those two days of charming nomenclature the sodales met at the sepulchres of their departed brethren to commemorate their loss , and to deck their tombs with violets and roses , an offering ( if not a sacrifice ) pleasing to the spirit of the manes . f
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Roman Collegia.
" There was a common area ( or chest ) to contnin their revenues , their contributions , and their fines . " Each college had its archives and its banners . « - It had & jus sodalitii or full power over its members . " To each candidate on his admission was administered an oath
peculiar to the college . " The sodales supported their poor brethren . " They imposed tributa or contributions to meet their current and extraordinary expenses . " They buried publicly deceased brethren , all the survivors
attending the rite . "A common sepulchre or columharmm received the brethren . "Each college celebrated its natal day , —a day called carae cognationis , *—and two other days , called severally dies violarum and dies rosce .
" We may guess the intention for which the natal day and the day carae cognationis were appointed , viz . to carry out the general purposes of the college ; but for the dies violarum and dies rosce there were other purposes . On those two days of charming nomenclature the sodales met at the sepulchres of their departed brethren to commemorate their loss , and to deck their tombs with violets and roses , an offering ( if not a sacrifice ) pleasing to the spirit of the manes . f