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Author: Loredana Cappelletti

CAPInv. 1095: Epicureius gaudivigens chorus

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Southern Italy with Sicily
ii. Region Campania
iii. Site Naples

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Epicureius gaudivigens chorus (CIL X 2971)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Epicureius gaudivigens chorus

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 45 - 20 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Epicureius
Other:gaudivigens
iii. Descriptive terms chorus
Note chorus (CIL X 2971, l. 2)

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) CIL X 2971 (45-20 BC)
Note ILS 7781; CLE 961; EDR135361
Online Resources TM536916 and EDR135361
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary epigram of Gaius Stallius Hauranus, member of the Epicureius gaudivigens chorus, the joyful Epicurean chorus. Written in Latin.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble plaque.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in 1685 in Naples, near the church of S. Maria della Sanità; then came to Florence (post 1743).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The find spot was near a necropolis, see Leiwo 1994: 130.
ii. References to buildings/objects sedes (CIL X 2971, l. 1), i.e. the tomb of Gaius Stallius.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note See Gaius Stallius Hauranus.
iii. Age Adults
Note See Gaius Stallius Hauranus.
iv. Status Gaius Stallius was a foreigner from Syria (his semitic cognomen Hauranus derived from the region Auranitis); probably he was a freedman who had acquired the Roman citizenship through a certain Gaius Stallius, member of a south Italian family, see Rigsby 2008.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Leiwo, M. (1994), Neapolitana. A Study of Population and Language in Graeco-Roman Naples. Helsinki.
Rigsby, K.J. (2008), ‘Hauranus the Epicurean’, CJ 104.1: 19-22.
Sblendorio Cugusi, M.T. (2013), ‘Carmina Latina Epigraphica Neapolitana’, Epigraphica 75: 251-69.
Waltzing, J.P. (1895-1900), Étude historique sur les corporations professionelles chez les Romains depuis les origines jusqu'à la chute de l'Empire d'Occident. I-IV, Louvain.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note It seems probable that this circle of Epicureans was a private association, but we lack detailed information about its internal organization. See Waltzing IV 1900: 227 no. 10 on the uncertain nature of this group.