Historedia
Episode 2 of 3

Early Expansion of the Order

When
end of summer 1778
Where
Ingolstadt command (Eleusis) of the order
Part of
Founding of the Illuminati

By late summer 1778 the order had 27 members organized into five commands across Bavarian towns.

By the end of summer 1778 the order had 27 members, still counting Massenhausen, who graduated that year and took a post outside Bavaria, losing interest in the order. The membership was organized into five commands: Munich (Athens), Ingolstadt (Eleusis), Ravensberg (Sparta), Freysingen (Thebes), and Eichstaedt.

Sources

  1. Illuminati Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14

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