•
Marcus Flavius,
tribune of the plebs in BC 327 and 323. •
Gnaeus Flavius, the son of a
freedman, he was secretary to
Appius Claudius Caecus, and served as
aedile in 304 BC. • Flavius, or Flavius Lucanus, a Lucanian, who went over to
Mago during the
Second Punic War, and delivered the
proconsul Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, in return for the promise that the Lucanians should be free and retain their own constitution. • Quintus Flavius, an
augur who, according to
Valerius Maximus, was accused by the aedile Gaius Valerius (perhaps the same who was curule
aedile in BC 199). When fourteen tribes had already voted against Flavius, who again asserted his innocence, Valerius declared that he did not care whether the man was guilty or innocent, provided he secured his punishment; and the people, indignant at such conduct, acquitted Flavius. • Quintus Flavius, of
Tarquinii, murdered the slave Panurgus, who belonged to Gaius Fannius Chaerea, and who was to be trained as an actor by Quintus Roscius, the celebrated comedian. • Lucius Flavius, an
eques, who gave evidence against
Verres in BC 70. He probably lived in
Sicily, and was engaged in mercantile pursuits. He appears to be the same Lucius Flavius who is mentioned as
procurator (that is, the agent or steward) of Gaius Matrinius in Sicily. • Gaius Flavius, brother of Lucius, and likewise an eques, whom
Cicero recommended in BC 46 to Manius Acilius, praetor of Sicily, as an intimate friend of Cicero's late son-in-law, Gaius Calpurnius Piso Frugi. • Gaius Flavius Pusio, is mentioned by Cicero as one of the equites who opposed the tribune Marcus Drusus. • Lucius Flavius, praetor in BC 58, and a supporter of
Pompeius. He was plebeian tribune in 60 BC and failed in passing a land reform programme for Pompey's veterans. He was also a friend of both Cicero and
Caesar, and may have been the same Flavius whom Caesar entrusted with one legion and the province of Sicily in BC 49. • Gaius Flavius, an eques of Asta, a Roman colony in
Spain. He and other equites, who had belonged to the party of Pompeius, went over to Caesar in BC 45. It is uncertain whether he is the same Gaius Flavius who is mentioned among the enemies of
Octavian, and who was put to death in BC 40, after the taking of
Perusia. • Gaius Flavius, a friend of
Brutus, whom he accompanied to
Philippi in the capacity of
praefectus fabrum. Flavius fell in the
Battle of Philippi, and Brutus lamented over his death. • Flavius Gallus, a
military tribune serving under
Marcus Antonius in his unfortunate campaign against the
Parthians in BC 36. During Antonius' retreat, Gallus made an inconsiderate attack upon the enemy, for which he paid with his life.
Flavii Fimbriae • Gaius Flavius Fimbria, the father of Gaius Flavius Fimbria, the consul of 104 BC. •
Gaius Flavius C. f. Fimbria,
consul in 104 BC; acquitted of extortion, despite significant evidence. With other consulars, took up arms against the revolt of
Saturninus in 100. A clever jurist and powerful orator, his reputation had faded by
Cicero's time, when his speeches were scarcely to be found. •
Gaius Flavius C. f. C. n. Fimbria, a violent partisan of
Gaius Marius, at whose funeral he tried to kill
Quintus Mucius Scaevola, the
Pontifex Maximus. Sent to
Asia in an expedition against
Mithridates and
Sulla, Fimbria led a mutiny against the consul
Valerius Flaccus, whom he murdered, taking command of the army. With much savagery, he subdued much of Asia, but when his men went over to Sulla, he took his own life. • Flavius C. f. C. n. Fimbria, brother of Gaius, was likewise in the service of the Marian party in the war against Sulla, 82 BC, and was legate to
Gaius Norbanus. He and other officers of the party of
Carbo were invited to a banquet by
Publius Albinovanus, and then treacherously murdered. • Lucius Flavius Fimbria, consul
suffectus in AD 71, during the months of July and August.
Flavii Sabini •
Titus Flavius Petro, grandfather of the emperor Vespasian, was a native of the
municipium of
Reate, and served as a centurion in the army of
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus at the
Battle of Pharsalus, 48 BC. •
Titus Flavius T. f. Sabinus, father of Vespasian, was one of the farmers of the tax of the quadragesima in
Asia, which he collected with so much fairness that many cities erected statues to his honour with the inscription, . He afterwards carried on business as a money-lender among the
Helvetii, and died in their country. •
Titus Flavius T. f. T. n. Sabinus, son of the consul of 52, and nephew of Vespasian, he was consul with his cousin, the emperor Domitian, in AD 82, but afterwards slain by the emperor on the pretext that the herald proclaiming his consulship had called him
Imperator instead of
consul. •
Titus Flavius T. f. T. n. Clemens, son of the consul of 52, and nephew of Vespasian, he was consul with his cousin, the emperor Domitian, in AD 95. Although the emperor had intended Clemens' sons to succeed him in the empire, and renamed them
Vespasian and
Domitian, he had his cousin put to death during his consulship, according to
Cassius Dio on a charge of atheism, implying that he had become a Christian. • Titus Flavius T. f. T. n. Vespasianus, the emperor
Titus, reigned from AD 79 to 81. • Titus Flavius T. f. T. n. Domitianus, the emperor
Domitian, emperor from AD 81 to 96. •
Flavia Domitilla, otherwise known as
Domitilla the Younger, the daughter of Vespasian. •
Julia Flavia, daughter of the emperor Titus; she married her cousin, Titus Flavius Sabinus, consul in AD 82. He was murdered by Julia's uncle, the emperor Domitian, who then took his niece for a mistress. •
Flavia Domitilla, daughter of Domitilla the Younger, and granddaughter of Vespasian; she married her cousin, Titus Flavius Clemens, consul in AD 95. He was murdered by Domitilla's uncle, the emperor Domitian, and Domitilla was exiled.
Flavii Titiani • Titus Flavius Titianus, governor of
Egypt from AD 126 to 133. • Titus Flavius Titianus, governor of Egypt from AD 164 to 167. • Titiana, mother of Flavia Titiana, the wife of Pertinax. •
Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus, consul
suffectus , and proconsul in Asia, 186. His daughter, Flavia Titiana, married the future emperor
Pertinax, and Sulpicianus served as
praefectus urbi under Pertinax and
Didius Julianus. He was put to death by
Septimius Severus in 197. •
Titus Flavius Titianus, consul
suffectus circa AD 200; he was probably the same Titus Flavius Titianus who was procurator of Alexandria under
Caracalla, and who was put to death by Theocritus, . •
Flavia Titiana, the wife of Pertinax, and Roman empress in AD 193. •
Titus Flavius Postumius Titianus, consul in AD 301.
Flavii Apri • Marcus Flavius Aper, consul in AD 103. • Marcus Flavius Aper, consul in AD 130. • Marcus Flavius M. f. Aper, consul in AD 176. • Titus Flavius Aper Commodianus, legate in
Germania Inferior in AD 222 and 223, was consul in an unknown year. •
Lucius Flavius Aper, of
Pannonia Inferior in the second half of the third century. He may be identified with Aper, praetorian prefect and father-in-law of the emperor
Numerian, whose death he allegedly and unsuccessfully tried to conceal, and was thereupon slain by
Diocletian.
Others •
Flavius Scaevinus, a senator of dissolute life, took part in the
conspiracy of Piso against Nero. It was through Milichus, the freedman of Scaevinus, that the conspiracy was discovered by Nero. Milichus was liberally rewarded by the emperor, and Scaevinus put to death. •
Subrius Flavus, called
Flavius in some manuscripts, tribune of the
praetorian guard, and an active agent in the conspiracy against Nero, after the discovery of which he was put to death. •
Lucius Flavius Silva Nonius Bassus, consul in AD 81. He had been governor of
Judaea from 73 to 81, and led the Roman forces at the siege of
Masada, which fell in 74. •
Titus Flavius Josephus, a historian of Jewish origin, who was captured by the future emperor Vespasian after the siege of
Iotapata. He was spared execution, and eventually found favour with Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, adopting the name
Titus Flavius in honour of his patrons. •
Titus Flavius Hyrcanus, the third son of Josephus. •
Titus Flavius Justus, the fourth son of Josephus. •
Titus Flavius Simonides Agrippa, the fifth son of Josephus. •
Lucius Flavius Arrianus, called by the Athenians
the young Xenophon, a historian of the second century. He was Greek, but received the
Roman franchise and the right to hold high office from the emperor
Hadrian in AD 124, whence he adopted the name
Lucius Flavius. He held the consulship in AD 146. •
Titus Flavius Clemens, also known as
Clement of Alexandria, one of the early Church fathers, lived from the middle of the second century to the second decade of the third century. He may have been born at
Athens. His relationship to the other Flavii, or to Titus Flavius Clemens, the consul of AD 95, who may have been a convert to Christianity, is unknown; Clement's parents are thought to have been well-to-do pagans. Given the large number of persons who adopted the nomen
Flavius during this period, his name could be coincidental. •
Flavius Caper, a Roman
grammarian of uncertain date; he may have lived in the second century. • Flavius Flavianus, equestrian governor of
Mauretania Tingitana AD 153. • Flavius Calvisius, apparently the same as
Gaius Calvisius Statianus, the governor of
Egypt under
Marcus Aurelius, took part in the revolt of
Avidius Cassius, but was treated by the emperor with great leniency, and was only banished to an island. •
Titus Flavius Piso, governor of Egypt
circa AD 181. •
Titus Flavius Genialis, praetorian prefect with
Tullius Crispinus in AD 193. • Flavius Heracleo, the commander of the Roman soldiers in
Mesopotamia in the reign of
Alexander Severus, was slain by his own troops. • Flavius Maternianus,
Praefectus urbi under
Caracalla, was either put to death or treated with great indignity by
Macrinus, AD 217. •
Lucius Flavius Philostratus, author of the
Life of Apollonius of Tyana, is called
Flavius by
Tzetzes in
Βιος Σοφιστων (Lives of the Sophists), must have lived during the third century. • Flavius Ingenianus, governor of
Mauretania Tingitana in the later third century. • Flavius Scribonianus, a Roman noble of consular and senatorial rank who was a steward in charge of running the Olympic Games. His name was inscribed on a
discus found at
Olympia, evidently dating from AD 241. • Flavius Vopiscus of
Syracuse, one of the six
scriptores of the
Historia Augusta, whose name is prefixed to the biographies of
Aurelian,
Tacitus,
Florianus,
Probus, the Four Tyrants (
Firmus,
Saturninus,
Proculus, and
Bonosus),
Carus,
Numerianus, and
Carinus. Modern scholarship has called Vopiscus' authorship, and even his existence, into question. •
Flavia, otherwise known as
Saint Flavia, venerated along with
Placidus and several others, and said to have been martyred under the emperor
Diocletian, or in other accounts by
pirates. •
Quintus Flavius Maesius Egnatius Lollianus Mavortius, consul in AD 355. •
Flavius Eusebius, consul in AD 337. He was the father of Eusebius and Hypatius who served as consuls in AD 359, and probably also the empress Eusebia, wife of Constantius II. •
Flavius Eusebius, consul in AD 359, together with his brother, Hypatius. Falsely accused of treason in 371, he was soon recalled. •
Flavius Hypatius, consul in AD 359, together with his brother, Eusebius. He was
praetorian prefect of Italy and Illyricum from 382 to 383. •
Eusebia, wife of the emperor Constantius II. •
Flavius Martinus, a
vicarius, or deputy administrator, of
Britannia during the middle fourth century. •
Flavius Mallius Theodorus, consul in AD 399, and a contemporary of
Augustine of Hippo, who dedicated to him his work,
De Vita Beata. •
Flavius Avianus, the author of a collection of forty-two
Aesopic
fables in Latin
elegiac verse, dedicated to a certain Theodosius, who is addressed as a man of great learning and highly cultivated mind. •
Flavius Stilicho, a Roman general under the emperors
Theodosius and
Honorius; he dealt several crushing defeats to
Alaric, king of the
Visigoths.
Edward Gibbon called him "the last of the Roman generals." •
Flavius Felix, consul in AD 428, and a leading figure under
Valentinian III and
Theodosius II. In 430, he and his wife were accused of plotting against Aëtius, who had him put to death. •
Flavius Aëtius, a Roman general under the emperor
Valentinian III, who helped maintain imperial authority in Italy, Spain and Gaul. He defeated
Chlodion, king of the
Franks, and with the help of
Theodoric, king of the Visigoths, defeated
Attila the Hun at the
Catalaunian Plains in AD 451. He was consul in 432, 437, and 446, but in 454 the suspicious emperor slew him with his own hand. • Flavius Felix, an
African who flourished towards the close of the fifth century, the author of five short pieces in the
Latin Anthology. •
Flavius Belisarius, a Byzantine general under the emperor
Justinian; he reconquered much of the western empire, and was consul
sine collega in AD 535. •
Flavius Paulus, a 7th-century Roman general in Visigothic Spain
Constantinian dynasty •
Flavius Valerius Constantius "Chlorus", emperor from AD 305 to 306, and the father of Constantine the Great. •
Flavia Julia Helena, the first wife of Constantius Chlorus, and mother of the emperor Constantine. •
Flavia Maximiana Theodora, probably the daughter of
Afranius Hannibalianus, and stepdaughter of
Maximian; she was the second wife of Constantius Chlorus. •
Flavius Valerius Constantinus, otherwise known as
Constantine the Great, emperor from AD 306 to 337. •
(Flavius) Julius Constantius, eldest son of Constantius Chlorus and Theodora, and brother of Constantine. He was named consul in AD 335, but put to death following the emperor's death in 337. His sons, Constantius Gallus and Julian, were spared, and would eventually be named heirs by their cousin, Constantius II, who had married their sister. •
Flavius Dalmatius, son of Constantius Chlorus and Theodora, and brother of Constantine; styled the "
censor" from AD 333, but was slain following the death of Constantine. • Flavius Hannibalianus, son of Constantius Chlorus and Theodora, was granted the title
Nobilissimus, but perished in the massacre of the Flavian dynasty following the death of his brother, Constantine. •
Flavia Julia Constantia, daughter of Constantius Chlorus and Theodora, and sister of Constantine, was given by him in marriage to his colleague, the emperor Licinius. •
Flavia Maxima Fausta, daughter of Maximian, and second wife of Constantine; she was put to death in AD 326, shortly after the execution of her stepson, Crispus. The reasons are unclear, but rumors circulated of an affair between the empress and her stepson, or of a false allegation against Crispus by his stepmother, leading to his death. •
Flavius Julius Crispus, son of Constantine, served his father in the war against Licinius, but was put to death in unclear circumstances in AD 326. •
Flavia Valeria Constantina, the elder daughter of Constantine and Fausta, she was given in marriage first to her cousin Hannibalianus, and following his death in the dynastic purge of AD 337, to her cousin Constantius Gallus. She died in 354. •
Flavia Julia Helena, the younger daughter of Constantine and Fausta, she was given in marriage to her cousin, Julian, the future emperor. The couple was childless, and Helena suffered several miscarriages, which rumor blamed on the machinations of the empress
Eusebia. •
Flavius Claudius Constantinus, son of Constantine, and emperor with his brothers Constantius and Constans from AD 337 to 340. •
Flavius Julius Constantius, son of Constantine, and emperor with his brothers Constantinus and Constans from AD 337 to 361. •
Flavius Julius Constans, son of Constantine, and emperor with his brothers Constantinus and Constantius from AD 337 to 350. •
Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus, named
Caesar by his cousin, Constantius II, in AD 351, but put to death in 354. •
Flavius Claudius Julianus, emperor from AD 361 to 363. •
Flavius Dalmatius, son of Dalmatius the censor, and nephew of Constantine; he was proclaimed
Caesar in 335, but slain by his soldiers following Constantine's death in 337. •
Flavius Hannibalianus, son of Dalmatius the censor, and nephew of Constantine, who probably intended to place him at the head of a campaign against the
Sassanid Empire, but this plan ended with the emperor's death in AD 337, and Hannibalianus was slain in the turmoil that followed. •
Flavius Nepotianus, son of Eutropia, and nephew of Constantine, in AD 350 he revolted against Magnentius, but his small force, composed of ordinary citizens and gladiators, was quickly defeated by Magnentius'
magister officiorum,
Marcellinus. Nepotianus and his mother were put to death. •
Constantia, daughter of Constantius II, and wife of the emperor
Gratian. • Anastasia, daughter of Hannibalianus and Constantina.
Later emperors •
Flavius Magnus Magnentius, an usurper who revolted against the emperor Constans, and was proclaimed emperor in AD 350. After his defeat by Constantius II in 353, he fell on his sword. •
Flavius Jovianus, emperor from AD 363 to 364. •
Flavius Valentinianus, or Valentinian the Great, emperor from AD 364 to 375. He associated his brother, Valens, with him in the empire, giving Valens the
eastern provinces, while he retained the
west. •
Flavius Valens, the brother of Valentinian I, emperor of the east from AD 364 to 378. •
Flavius Gratianus, the elder son of Valentinian I, emperor of the west with his brother, Valentinian II, from AD 375 to 383. •
Flavius Valentinianus, or Valentinian II, the younger son of Valentinian I, emperor of the west with his brother, Gratian, from AD 375 to 383, with
Magnus Maximus from 383 to 388, then sole emperor of the west until his death in 392. •
Flavius Theodosius, or Theodosius the Great, emperor of the east from AD 379 to 392, and sole emperor from 392 to 395. •
Flavius Magnus Maximus, commander of the Roman army in
Britain, he claimed the throne of the western empire on the death of Gratian, and was recognized as co-emperor with Valentinian II until his defeat by Theodosius in 388. •
Flavius Victor, the son of Magnus Maximus, who appointed him co-emperor in AD 384. He was put to death by Theodosius following his father's defeat in 388. •
Flavius Eugenius, elevated by
Arbogast to the western empire following the death of Valentinian II in AD 392; he was defeated and killed by Theodosius in 394. •
Flavius Honorius, the younger son of Theodosius; emperor of the west from AD 395 to 423. •
Flavius Arcadius, son of Theodosius; emperor of the east from AD 395 to 408 •
Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus, or Justinian, nephew of Justin I, and emperor from AD 527 to 565. •
Flavius Justinus, the nephew of Justinian, emperor from AD 565 to 574. •
Flavius Tiberius Constantinus, emperor from AD 574 to 582. •
Flavius Mauricius Tiberius, or Maurice, emperor from AD 582 to 602. •
Flavius Phocas, emperor from AD 602 to 610. •
Flavius Heraclius, emperor from AD 610 to 641. •
Flavius Leo, emperor from AD 886 to 912. ==Flavii in fiction==