Zur Ersetzung von sodalicium durch societas in den Digesten und zum Phänomen des collegium sodalicium. Mit Nebenbemerkungen zur so genannten societas publicanorum.

In 1873 Max Cohn suggested replacing the word societas with sodalicium in D. 3.4.1 pr.-1 in order to reconstruct the original Gaius text. The result is the expression collegium sodalicium – 'sodalician association' in D. 3.4.1.1, which is confirmed by D. 47.22.1 pr. and perhaps also by two inscriptions from the imperial period. Cohn's suggestion was sometimes met with approval, sometimes with harsh rejection, and often with simple disregard. The article supports Cohn's assumption, takes it further and explores the question of what is meant by a collegium sodalicium, why it is rarely documented and why sodalicium was consistently replaced by societas in the Digest.