This short analysis will investigate the associations known as 'collegia' (also known as clubs, associations, companies) mentioned in the letters (10.33-34) from the Roman pro-consul Pliny to the emperor Trajan. We will determine why Trajan was against the formation of such an association in Pontus-Bithynia, as well as place the nature of collegia in the wider historical narrative. I will concl...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/816/collegia-stability-and-the-vox-populi/ #Collegia #Epistles #Trajan #History