Note 101 — CICERO’S LETTERS TO ATTICUS BOOK III
Eric Otto Winstedt translation
The Collegia were guilds for social, mercantile, or religious purposes. A decree had declared some of them illegal in 64 B.C.; but this was counteracted by a bill passed by Clodius in 58 B.C. The result was many new guilds were formed, which he used for political purposes.