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Submitted for award of PhD September 2006. - King's College London

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Triphius Virrius, were probably put under a curse 470 The name Triphius suggests<br />

that he was a freedmen <strong>of</strong> the gens Virria.<br />

Two members <strong>of</strong> the gens Blossia are known: Minius Blossius son <strong>of</strong> Minius<br />

was meddix tuticus when the iüvilas <strong>of</strong> Trebius Virrius Censorinus was presented.<br />

471<br />

Livy mentions that Marius Blossius was the praetor Campanus, that is meddix<br />

tuticus <strong>of</strong> Capua in 216 BC 472 Blossius acted as a faithful ally to Hannibal during the<br />

Roman siege <strong>of</strong> the city when one hundred and seventy leading Capuans committed<br />

suicide under the leadership <strong>of</strong> him and his brother. 473 Cicero associated the name <strong>of</strong><br />

this family with the arrogance and haughtiness<br />

typical <strong>of</strong> the Campanians 474<br />

The gentilicium <strong>of</strong> the Calavii/Caluvii derives from the stem *caluo-, from<br />

which the Latin adjective calves derives. It appears in the Latin nomen gentilicium<br />

Calvius. Two large tufa slabs record that the iuvila <strong>of</strong> Spurius Calavius took place<br />

when Lucius Pettius was meddix. Maius Calavius appears on a fragment <strong>of</strong> a black-<br />

glaze pot. 475 Numerous members <strong>of</strong> the gens appear in other Oscan-speaking<br />

territories. In Aesernia, Sthenius Calavius son <strong>of</strong> Gabius donated a gold ring to the<br />

goddess Angitia. 476 At Nola Pacius Calavius son <strong>of</strong> Pacius is one <strong>of</strong> four magistrates<br />

(meddix degetasius) named on a boundary stone. 477 Stenius Calavius is mentioned on<br />

a bronze curse tablet from Cumae 478 St(enius? ) Cal(avius? ), whose name appears on<br />

a tile-stamp from Pompeii, was probably the rneddix tuticus <strong>of</strong> Pompeii. Calavii are<br />

also present in Latin inscriptions from Pompeii, Puteoli, Beneventum and<br />

470 ST Cp 20-23. Curse tablet; ST Cp 36. Considering that the tablet was found in a Roman tomb, but<br />

with Oscan script, it probably dates from the late Republic or early Empire.<br />

"71 ST Cp 24.<br />

472 Livy 23.7.8.<br />

473 Livy 27.3.5.<br />

474 Cic. De Leg Agr. 2.93.<br />

475 ST Cp 29 and 30, ST Cp 39.<br />

476 ST Sa 22.<br />

477 ST Cm 48. This inscription will be studied in detail in the `Nola' section.<br />

478 ST Cm 13.<br />

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