Hauranus the Epicurean
Abstract
C. Stallius Hauranus, an Epicurean in Naples known from his funerary epigram (Courtney
no. 22), is shown by his cognomen to be a freedman from Syria, as the name Hauranus
is Semitic and recurs in 2 Macc. 4.40.
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Kent J. Rigsby
Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies
Hellenistic world, Roman Empire; religion, historical geography;
epigraphy, numismatics
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