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Speaking of Epicurean tombs, I came across another inscription that incorporates the "fui, non fui, no sum, non curo" epitaph. This inscription comes from the tombstone of a Greek Gladiator named Antiochas (c. 2nd-century BCE) ANTIOXAΣ O ΠPIN EΦEΣIΣ. OYK HMHN KAI ΓENAMHN· OYK IMI KAI OY MEΛI MOI· XAIPETE ΠAPOΔITAI. Ἀ̣τιοχᾶ[ς] [ὁ πρὶν] Ἐφέσις. [Ο]ὐκ ἤμην [καὶ] γενάμην· οὐκ ἰμὶ καὶ [ο]ὐ μέλι μοι· χ̣[α]ίρετε παρoδῖται. Antiochas formerly named Ephesios. I was not alive and was born. I am no longer …