It is clear that these are almost precisely the duties and practices devolving upon members of the Roman Empire and its Imperial Cult of Rome as it degenerated from a Republic to a despotic regime of force, persecution and violence.Īs history repeats itself we me see a shadow of these same policies in "our own great benevolent societies at the present time, when appealed to by a citizen in distress." Tessera vs Titulus "This same systems was used to provide government welfare. If it was found to be genuine, he was entitled to all the privileges that the best-known guest-friend could expect. When a stranger claimed hospitium, his tessera had to be produced and submitted for examination. This token was probably, in many cases, of earthenware, having the head of Jupiter Hospitalis stamped upon it. The tessera hospitalis was the token of mutual hospitality, and is spoken of under Hospitium, p619A. As a means of identification, the original parties exchanged tokens tesserae hospitālēs. These ties were hereditary, descending from father to son, so that persons might be hospitēs who had never so much as seen each other, whose immediate ancestors even might have had no personal intercourse. In the Obligations of Hospitium there are obligations imposed by a covenant, and these were of the most sacred character any failure to regard its provisions was considered sacrilege, bringing upon the offender the anger of Iupiter Hospitālis. Such was the tokens of tesserae hospitālēs. But originally these tokens were created as a record of appreciation or as commemoration of eternal debt of familial appreciation rather than a legal obligation.
As a means of identification, or expression of right or privilege the original parties often exchanged or agreed to something in exchange and consummated that agreement upon displaying them.
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