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Author: Loredana Cappelletti

CAPInv. 1089: religiosi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Southern Italy with Sicily
ii. Region Campania
iii. Site Pozzuoli (anc. Puteoli)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) religiosi (CIL X 1894, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) religiosi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 51 - 200 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:religiosi: Worshippers of Magna Mater

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) CIL X 1894 (AD 51-200)
Note See also: EDR138419; Camodeca et al. 2013: 188, no. 3
Online Resources TM 536173 and EDR138419
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script CIL X 1894 mentions an ager religiosorum (ll. 1-2) and the fact that it was adorned with a porticus (l. 4) and provided with sedilia (l. 5) by C(aius) Iulius Aquilinus (ll. 3-4). The inscription is written in Latin.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele
ii. Source(s) provenance The inscription was found in 1804 in Naples area (Marano? Quarto Flegreo?).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects ager (CIL X 1894, l. 1)
porticus (CIL X 1894, l. 4)
sedilia (CIL X 1894, l. 5)

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members Referred to as religiosi (CIL X 1894).
ix. Privileges Some privileges related to the use of the ground of the association. If, as seems very probable (see Peterson 1919: 141; Steuernagel 2004: 239), the ground was a cemetery, it may be the case that all members were offered the possibility of being buried there.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The expression ager religiosorum implies that the land was property of the association.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The only known member is a man: C. Iulius Aquilinus (CIL X 1894).
iii. Age Adults
Note The only known member is surely an adult: C. Iulius Aquilinus (CIL X 1894).
iv. Status C. Iulius Aquilinus was most likely a particularly rich member.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The term religiosi implies that the association worshipped Magna Mater, see Vermaseren 1978: 9, no. 16; Tran Tam Tinh 1972: 107, no. C9.
Deities worshipped Magna Mater

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Camodeca, G. et al. (eds.) (2013), Materiali per lo studio storico archeologico di Quarto Flegreo. Napoli.
Peterson, R.M. (1919), The cults of Campania. Rome.
Steuernagel, D. (2004), Kult und Alltag in römischen Hafenstädten. Soziale Prozesse in archäologischer Perspektive. Stuttgart.
Tran Tam Tinh, V. (1972), Le culte des divinités orientales en Campanie. Leiden.
Vermaseren, M. J. (1978), Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attidisque (CCCA), IV. Italia - aliae provinciae. Leiden.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The cultic character of this group and the reference to its properties point towards its character as a private association.