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The Roman Collegia.
before . We read of a Schola Aug Frabrorum , of a Schola Viatorum , of a Schola coll Tignariorum , but so far we do not mdet with Scriba , as attached to a Collegium , at least in Gruter . Bro Findel and other writers mention Scribse and Eranista ., and other names , but I have not , thus far , been able to discover them in this remarkable work ,
though they may well be in some one or other of many similar collections . Perhaps in the Collegia the Publicus took the place of the Scriba attached to the law courts and municipalities . Among the inscriptions is one which I commend to Bro . Whytehead ' s notice— " Viviri Col Ebor , " which may mean either of the
Colonia Ebor , or the Collegium Ebor , as Col . Fabrum is an allowed contraction in Gruter . One of the general inscriptions alludes also to the Viviri Juniores . Thus far all the names transcribed are those of officers and offices , belonging to the Collegia , as is expressly stated ; but I may again
observe that there are many officers mentioned , such as Cursores , Janitores , Servus Officinarius , Servi Scribee , and others , which may fairly also be believed to belong equally to the Collegia , though it is not so recorded . There was apparently some difference between the Collegium and the Ordo , the Sodalicium and the Corpus , which now it is not quite easy to determine .
The Ordo seems to have been more numerous , and of distinct social j ) Osition , though some of the Collegia , as we shall see later , must have been both numerous and distinguished . There was also an Ordo Equitum , as Cicero tells us , but there was also a Collegium Equitum , just as there was a Knight Gild in England later . We
find such words applied to their meetings as ccetus , conventus , conciliabula ; and Faeciolati gives us several current phrases as applied to the normal and abnormal life and doings of the Collegia . Of their rules we find no trace in Grater , and if any such exist , they would be very valuable if authentic .
We do not find much iise of the word Prater or Fratres * We hear , indeed of the " Fratres Arvales , " of the " Fratres et Contubernales " of the Legions , of Confratres et Sorores , of the Pontifices , but that is all . We do meet Avith the words Collega and Sodali , but not often . Sodaliicum , too , is of frequent occurrence , but Societas
, Hetteria , and Fraternitas , and even Communitas or Sodalitas I have not been able to find . Among the Legions we hear of a Gustos Operis , of a Prsefectus Fabrum , of a Magister ab Marmoribus , of Fabri , Stratores , Tesserarii , and Lapidarii , as well as Fratres et Contubernales . We read of Decuria
iii Decuria iiii ., Coll . Fabrum , that is the third and the fourth Decuria , of , or the College of the Fabri . The word Corpus seems to K 2
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The Roman Collegia.
before . We read of a Schola Aug Frabrorum , of a Schola Viatorum , of a Schola coll Tignariorum , but so far we do not mdet with Scriba , as attached to a Collegium , at least in Gruter . Bro Findel and other writers mention Scribse and Eranista ., and other names , but I have not , thus far , been able to discover them in this remarkable work ,
though they may well be in some one or other of many similar collections . Perhaps in the Collegia the Publicus took the place of the Scriba attached to the law courts and municipalities . Among the inscriptions is one which I commend to Bro . Whytehead ' s notice— " Viviri Col Ebor , " which may mean either of the
Colonia Ebor , or the Collegium Ebor , as Col . Fabrum is an allowed contraction in Gruter . One of the general inscriptions alludes also to the Viviri Juniores . Thus far all the names transcribed are those of officers and offices , belonging to the Collegia , as is expressly stated ; but I may again
observe that there are many officers mentioned , such as Cursores , Janitores , Servus Officinarius , Servi Scribee , and others , which may fairly also be believed to belong equally to the Collegia , though it is not so recorded . There was apparently some difference between the Collegium and the Ordo , the Sodalicium and the Corpus , which now it is not quite easy to determine .
The Ordo seems to have been more numerous , and of distinct social j ) Osition , though some of the Collegia , as we shall see later , must have been both numerous and distinguished . There was also an Ordo Equitum , as Cicero tells us , but there was also a Collegium Equitum , just as there was a Knight Gild in England later . We
find such words applied to their meetings as ccetus , conventus , conciliabula ; and Faeciolati gives us several current phrases as applied to the normal and abnormal life and doings of the Collegia . Of their rules we find no trace in Grater , and if any such exist , they would be very valuable if authentic .
We do not find much iise of the word Prater or Fratres * We hear , indeed of the " Fratres Arvales , " of the " Fratres et Contubernales " of the Legions , of Confratres et Sorores , of the Pontifices , but that is all . We do meet Avith the words Collega and Sodali , but not often . Sodaliicum , too , is of frequent occurrence , but Societas
, Hetteria , and Fraternitas , and even Communitas or Sodalitas I have not been able to find . Among the Legions we hear of a Gustos Operis , of a Prsefectus Fabrum , of a Magister ab Marmoribus , of Fabri , Stratores , Tesserarii , and Lapidarii , as well as Fratres et Contubernales . We read of Decuria
iii Decuria iiii ., Coll . Fabrum , that is the third and the fourth Decuria , of , or the College of the Fabri . The word Corpus seems to K 2