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Flavius was the name of a gens
Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens was a clan, caste, or group of families, that shared a common name and a belief in a common ancestor. In the Roman naming convention, the second name was the name of the gens to which the person belonged....
 in ancient Rome
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
, meaning "blond". The feminine form was Flavia
Flavia (name)

Flavia is an Ancient Roman name meaning "blonde" from the Latin word "flavus", meaning "golden, blonde". It is a feminine form of the Roman clan name Flavius....
.

After the end of the popular Flavian dynasty
Flavian dynasty

The Flavian dynasty was a Ancient Rome imperial dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96 AD, encompassing the reigns of Vespasian , and his two sons Titus and Domitian ....
 of emperors, Flavius/Flavia became a praenomen
Praenomen

In Roman naming conventions, the praenomen was the only name in which parents had some choice, roughly equivalent to the given name of today....
, common especially among royalty: the adoption of this praenomen by Constantine I
Constantine I

Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus , commonly known in English_language as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine , was Roman Emperor from 306, and the undisputed holder of that office from 324 until his death in 337....
 set a precedent for some imperial dynasties, such as Justinianian dynasty
Justinian Dynasty

The Justinian Dynasty is a family who ruled over the Byzantine Empire from 518 to 602. It originated with Justin I and ended with Maurice .* Justin I - ...
 and in the official names of high-ranking officials (Aėtius
Flavius Aėtius

Flavius A?tius or simply A?tius, , dux et patricius, was a Roman Empire general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He was an able military commander and the most influential man of the Western Roman Empire for two decades ....
, Belisarius
Belisarius

Flavius Belisarius is often described as one of the greatest generals of the Byzantine Empire. He was instrumental to Byzantine Emperor Justinian I's ambitious project of reconquering much of the Western Roman Empire, which had been lost just under a century previously....
).

Famous people from the gens Flavia are:








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Flavius was the name of a gens
Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens was a clan, caste, or group of families, that shared a common name and a belief in a common ancestor. In the Roman naming convention, the second name was the name of the gens to which the person belonged....
 in ancient Rome
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
, meaning "blond". The feminine form was Flavia
Flavia (name)

Flavia is an Ancient Roman name meaning "blonde" from the Latin word "flavus", meaning "golden, blonde". It is a feminine form of the Roman clan name Flavius....
.

After the end of the popular Flavian dynasty
Flavian dynasty

The Flavian dynasty was a Ancient Rome imperial dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96 AD, encompassing the reigns of Vespasian , and his two sons Titus and Domitian ....
 of emperors, Flavius/Flavia became a praenomen
Praenomen

In Roman naming conventions, the praenomen was the only name in which parents had some choice, roughly equivalent to the given name of today....
, common especially among royalty: the adoption of this praenomen by Constantine I
Constantine I

Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus , commonly known in English_language as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine , was Roman Emperor from 306, and the undisputed holder of that office from 324 until his death in 337....
 set a precedent for some imperial dynasties, such as Justinianian dynasty
Justinian Dynasty

The Justinian Dynasty is a family who ruled over the Byzantine Empire from 518 to 602. It originated with Justin I and ended with Maurice .* Justin I - ...
 and in the official names of high-ranking officials (Aėtius
Flavius Aėtius

Flavius A?tius or simply A?tius, , dux et patricius, was a Roman Empire general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He was an able military commander and the most influential man of the Western Roman Empire for two decades ....
, Belisarius
Belisarius

Flavius Belisarius is often described as one of the greatest generals of the Byzantine Empire. He was instrumental to Byzantine Emperor Justinian I's ambitious project of reconquering much of the Western Roman Empire, which had been lost just under a century previously....
).

Famous people from the gens Flavia are:

  • Gaius Flavius Fimbria
    Gaius Flavius Fimbria

    Gaius Flavius Fimbria was a Roman Republic politician and a violent partisan of Gaius Marius. He fought in the First Mithridatic War....
    , consul
    Consul

    Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
     in 104 BC
  • Titus Flavius Clemens, consul in 95
  • Titus Flavius Sabinus
    Titus Flavius Sabinus

    Titus Flavius Sabinus was the name of four notable Ancient Rome, father, son, grandson andgreat-grandson.*Titus Flavius Sabinus *Titus Flavius Sabinus ...
    , consul in 82
  • Gaius Flavius Antoninus, general of the 1st century BC and assassin of Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar

    'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
  • Lucius Caesetius Flavius
    Lucius Caesetius Flavius

    Lucius Caesetius Flavius was a Ancient Rome politician and tribune . He is best known for his involvement in the diadem incident just before the Julius_Caesar#Assassination_plot....
    , 1st century BC tribune also connected with Caesar
  • who appears in the play Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar (play)

    Julius Caesar is a Shakespearean tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman Empire dictator Julius Caesar, his assassination and its aftermath....
     as simply "Flavius"


  • Flavius Scaevinus
    Flavius Scaevinus

    Flavius Scaevinus, senator, was a member of the Pisonian conspiracy against Nero. It was through his freedman Milichus that Nero discovered the conspiracy....
    , member of the Pisonian conspiracy
    Pisonian conspiracy

    The conspiracy of Gaius Calpurnius Piso in 65 represented one of the major turning points in the reign of the Roman emperor Nero ....
     against Nero
  • Lucius Flavius Arrianus Xenophon
    Arrian

    File:Flavius_Arrianus.jpgLucius Flavius Arrianus 'Xenophon , known in English as Arrian , and Arrian of Nicomedia, was a Ancient Rome historian , a public servant, a military commander and a philosopher of the Roman and Byzantine Greece period....
    , historian
    Historian

    A historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time....
     of the 2nd 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, Greece
    Olympia, Greece

    Olympia , a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi....
     dated from the 3rd century


  • The Flavian dynasty
    Flavian dynasty

    The Flavian dynasty was a Ancient Rome imperial dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96 AD, encompassing the reigns of Vespasian , and his two sons Titus and Domitian ....
     of emperors:
    • Titus Flavius Domitianus
      Domitian

      Titus Flavius Domitianus , commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 September 81 until his death. Domitian was the last emperor of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96, encompassing the reigns of Domitian's father Vespasian , his elder brother Titus , and that of Domitian himself...
      , Emperor Domitian
      Domitian

      Titus Flavius Domitianus , commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 September 81 until his death. Domitian was the last emperor of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96, encompassing the reigns of Domitian's father Vespasian , his elder brother Titus , and that of Domitian himself...
    • Titus Flavius Vespasianus
      Vespasian

      Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian , was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 69 A.D. until his death in 79 A.D. Vespasian was the founder of the short lived Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 A.D....
      , Emperor Vespasian
      Vespasian

      Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian , was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 69 A.D. until his death in 79 A.D. Vespasian was the founder of the short lived Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 A.D....
    • Titus Flavius Vespasianus
      Titus

      Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Titus , was a Roman Emperor who briefly reigned from 79 until his death in 81. Titus was the second emperor of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96, encompassing the reigns of Titus's father Vespasian , Titus himself and his younger brother Domitian ....
      , Emperor Titus
      Titus

      Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Titus , was a Roman Emperor who briefly reigned from 79 until his death in 81. Titus was the second emperor of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96, encompassing the reigns of Titus's father Vespasian , Titus himself and his younger brother Domitian ....
    • Julia Flavia
      Julia Flavia

      Flavia Julia Titi was daughter and only child to the Emperor Titus from his second marriage to the well-connected Marcia Furnilla. Her parents divorced when Julia was an infant, due to her mother's family being connected to the opponents of Roman Emperor Nero....
      , daughter of Titus and mistress of Domitian


  • Flavius Josephus
    Josephus

    Josephus , also known as Yosef Ben Matityahu and, after he became a Roman citizenship, as Titus Flavius Josephus, was a first-century Jewish historian and apologist of priestly and royal ancestry who survived and recorded the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70....
     (or just Josephus), famous historian of the 1st century, took his Roman name from his patron Vespasian
  • Flavia Julia Helena
  • Flavia Domitilla
    Flavia Domitilla

    Flavia Domitilla may refer to:*Domitilla the Elder, the wife of the Roman Emperor Vespasian*Domitilla the Younger, Vespasian's only daughter...
     - wife / daughter / granddaughter of Vespasian
  • Flavia Maximiana Theodora
    Flavia Maximiana Theodora

    File:Bronze-Flavia Maximiana Theodora-trier RIC 65.jpgFlavia Maximiana Theodora was the stepdaughter of Maximian. Her parents were Flavius Afranius Hannibalianus and wife, divorced before 283, Eutropia, later wife of Maximian....
  • Flavia Julia Constantia
    Flavia Julia Constantia

    Flavia Julia Constantia, , was the daughter of the Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus and his second wife, Flavia Maximiana Theodora.In 313, Emperor Constantine I, who was half-brother of Constantia, gave her in marriage to his co-emperor Licinius, on occasion of their meeting in Milan....


Flavius was also used as a praenomen
Praenomen

In Roman naming conventions, the praenomen was the only name in which parents had some choice, roughly equivalent to the given name of today....
:

  • Flavius Aėtius
    Flavius Aėtius

    Flavius A?tius or simply A?tius, , dux et patricius, was a Roman Empire general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He was an able military commander and the most influential man of the Western Roman Empire for two decades ....
    , general of 5th century
  • Flavius Arcadius
    Arcadius

    Flavius Arcadius was Roman Emperors in the Eastern half of the Roman Empire from 395 until his death.Arcadius was born in Spain, the elder son of Theodosius I and Aelia Flaccilla, and brother of Flavius Augustus Honorius, who would become a Western Roman Emperor....
    , Byzantine Emperor of the 4th and 5th century
  • Flavius Augustus Honorius, Western Roman Emperor of the 4th and 5th century
  • Flavius Belisarius
    Belisarius

    Flavius Belisarius is often described as one of the greatest generals of the Byzantine Empire. He was instrumental to Byzantine Emperor Justinian I's ambitious project of reconquering much of the Western Roman Empire, which had been lost just under a century previously....
    , Byzantine general of the 6th century
  • Flavius Caper
    Flavius Caper

    Flavius Caper, Latin grammarian, flourished during the 2nd century.He devoted special attention to the early Latin writers, and is highly spoken of by Priscian....
    , grammarian of the 2nd century
  • Flavius Claudius Constantinus
    Constantine II (emperor)

    Flavius Claudius Constantinus, known in English as Constantine II, was List of Roman Emperors from 337 to 340. The eldest son of Constantine the Great and Fausta, he was born at Arles, and was raised as a Christian....
     (Constantine II), emperor of the 4th century
  • Flavius Claudius Iulianus
    Julian the Apostate

    Flavius Claudius Julianus, known also as Julian or Julian the Apostate , was Roman Emperor of the Constantinian dynasty. He was the last non-Christian Roman Emperor, and expended much energy during his reign attempting to supplant the growing power of Christianity within the empire with officially revived Religion in ancient Rom...
     (Julian the Apostate), emperor of the 4th century
  • Flavius Gratianus Augustus (Gratian), Western Roman Emperor of the 4th century
  • Flavius Iovianus
    Jovian

    Flavius Iovianus, anglicized to Jovian, was a soldier elected Roman Emperor by the army on 27 June 363 upon the death of Emperor Julian the Apostate during his Sassanid Empire campaign....
     (or just Jovian), emperor of the 4th century
  • Flavius Julius Crispus
    Crispus

    Flavius Julius Crispus, also known as Flavius Claudius Crispus and Flavius Valerius Crispus was a Caesar of the Roman Empire. He was the first-born son of Constantine I and Minervina....
     (or just Crispus), Western Roman Emperor of the 4th century
  • Flavius Magnus Magnentius
    Magnentius

    Flavius Magnus Magnentius was a Roman usurper .Born in Samarobriva , Gaul, Magnentius was the commander of the Herculians and Iovians, the imperial guard units ....
     (or just Magnentius), would-be Western Roman Emperor of the 4th century
  • Flavius Martinus
    Flavius Martinus

    Flavius Martinus was a vicarius of Roman Britain c. 353 under Constantius II.He tried to control the violent recriminations following the defeat of Magnentius....
    , vicarius
    Vicarius

    Vicarius is a Latin word, meaning substitute or deputy. It is the root and origin of the English word "vicar" and cognate to the Persian word most familiar in the variant vizier....
     of Roman Britain
    Roman Britain

    Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia....
     of the 4th century
  • Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus
    Justinian I

    Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus , AD 482 or 483 ? 13 or 14 November 565, was the second member of the Justinian Dynasty and List of Roman Emperors from 527 until his death....
     (Justinian I), Eastern Roman Emperor of the 6th century


Also some Roman legion
Roman legion

The Roman Legion is a term that can apply both as a translation of legio to the entire Roman army and also, more narrowly , to the heavy infantry that was the basic military unit of the Roman army in the period of the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire....
s were called Flavia, since they had been levied by Flavian emperors:
  • Legio IV Flavia Felix
    Legio IV Flavia Felix

    Legio quarta Flavia Felix , was a Roman legion levied by Vespasian in 70, from the ashes of the Legio IIII Macedonica. The legion was active in Moesia in the first half of the 4th century....
  • Legio XVI Flavia Firma
    Legio XVI Flavia Firma

    Legio decima sexta Flavia Firma was a Roman legion. The legion was created by Roman Emperor Vespasian in 70, with the remains of the Legio XVI Gallica , and still existed in the 4th century, when it guarded the Euphrates border camped in Sura ....
  • Legio I Flavia Constantia
  • Legio I Flavia Gallicana Constantia
  • Legio I Flavia Martis
  • Legio I Flavia Pacis
  • Legio I Flavia Theodosiana
  • Legio II Flavia Constantia
    Legio II Flavia Constantia

    The Legio II Flavia Constantia was a comitatensis Roman legion, created by Diocletian, probably in the year 296 or 297.II Flavia Constantia was formed together with Legio I Maximiana to garrison the newly created province Thebaidos, Aegyptus ....
  • Legio II Flavia Virtutis
    Legio II Flavia Virtutis

    Legio II Flavia Virtutis was a comitatensis Roman legion, levied by Emperor Constantius II , together with Legio I Flavia Pacis and Legio III Flavia Salutis....
  • Legio III Flavia Salutis


Others bearing similar names:

  • Patriarch
    Patriarch of Constantinople

    The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is the Archbishop of Constantinople ? New Rome ? ranking as primus inter pares in the Eastern Orthodox Church organization, which is seen by followers as the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church....
     Flavianus (Fravitta of Constantinople)
  • Virius Nicomachus Flavianus
    Virius Nicomachus Flavianus

    Virius Nicomachus Flavianus was a grammarian, a historian and a politician of the Roman Empire.A pagan and close friend of Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, he was praetorian prefecture of Italy in 390-392 and, under usurper Eugenius , again praetorian prefect and consul ....
  • There is a Christian saint and martyr named Saint Flavia. She was venerated along with Saint Placidus
    Saint Placidus (martyr)

    Saint Placidus , along with Saints Eutychius , Victorinus and their sister Flavia, Donatus, Firmatus the deacon, Faustus, and thirty others, have been venerated as Christian martyrs....
    .
  • Chancellor (later President) Flavia is a fictional Time Lady
    Time Lord

    The Time Lords are a fictional characters extraterrestrial life in popular culture race and civilization in the United Kingdom science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' main character, Doctor , is a member....
     in Doctor Who
    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
    , played by Dinah Sheridan
    Dinah Sheridan

    Dinah Sheridan is a popular English-born actress who appeared in the films 29 Acacia Avenue and Genevieve .Dinah Sheridan made her film debut in 1937, and has frequently appeared on television....
    .
  • Flavius Maximus, a character in the Star Trek
    Star Trek

    Star Trek is an American Science fiction on television entertainment series and media franchise. The Star Trek fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry is the setting of six television series including the original 1966 Star Trek: The Original Series, in addition to ten feature films with Star Trek to be released on May 8,...
     episode "Bread and Circuses."


The given name still exists in Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
 as Flavius
Flavius

Flavius was the name of a gens in ancient Rome, meaning "blond". The feminine form was Flavia .After the end of the popular Flavian dynasty of emperors, Flavius/Flavia became a praenomen, common especially among royalty: the adoption of this praenomen by Constantine I set a precedent for some imperial dynasties, such as Justinian...
 or Flaviu, feminine Flavia.

See also: Flavian dynasty
Flavian dynasty

The Flavian dynasty was a Ancient Rome imperial dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96 AD, encompassing the reigns of Vespasian , and his two sons Titus and Domitian ....
 Flavian
Flavian

Flavian may refer to:* Any member of the Flavian dynasty of three Roman rulers of the late 1st-century CE* Religious leaders:** Flavian of Ricina , bishop in Italy...