Certain industrial colleges and sacred Sodalities were traced back to Numa, and even to the foundation of Rome.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
Might not some analogy be detected between the organization of the Order and the Sodalities described in Toland's Pantheisticon, published in 1720?
"Secret Societies And Subversive Movements"
Nesta H. Webster
There were also military Sodalities of musketeers, cross-bowmen, archers, swordsmen in every town.
"Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete"
John Lothrop Motley