Flaccus was a cognomen of the ancient Roman plebeian family Fulvius, considered one of the most illustrious gentes of the city. Cicero and Pliny the Elder state that the family was originally from Tusculum, and that members still lived there in the 1st century.
As usual for cognomina, "Flaccus" was likely originally a nickname, probably of Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, the founder of the family. The etymology of "Flaccus" is unknown, but it is similar to other adjectives describing deformities of the body, like brocc(h)us (buck-toothed), lippus (blear-eyed), etc.[1] It has been variously interpreted as meaning "big ears", "flop ears", "lop-eared",[2] "floppy", or "fatty".
Flaccus was also a cognomen for a branch of the patrician Valerii and others.
cognomina, "Flaccus" was likely originally a nickname, probably of Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, the founder of the family. The etymology of "Flaccus" is unknown...
Valerius Flaccus is the name of: Valerius Flaccus (poet) (died 1st century), Latin poet at the time of Vespasian a number of Roman political figures, including:...
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Classical Latin: [ˈkʷiːntʊs (h)ɔˈraːtiʊs ˈfɫakːʊs]; 8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), commonly known in the English-speaking...
the Younger writes to Flaccus, who, in some editions, is called Calpurnius Flaccus. Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus Calpurnius Flaccus (1994). The Declamations...
Marcus Fulvius Flaccus was the name of several Romans, including: Marcus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 264 BC) Marcus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 125 BC) Fulvius...
identified with Verrius Flaccus, an authority on pontifical law; but for chronological reasons the name of Veranius Flaccus, a writer on augury, has...
Lucius Valerius Flaccus may refer to: Lucius Valerius Flaccus (consul 261 BC) Lucius Valerius Flaccus (consul 195 BC) Lucius Valerius Flaccus (consul 131...
some accounts, including Philo's, Flaccus was responsible for cruelty against the Jews during these events. Flaccus grew up with the sons of Caesar Augustus's...
Both Flaccus and Germanus are primarily known from inscriptions. Géza Alföldy has suggested that Flaccus might be the son of a Calpurnius Flaccus, to whom...
Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus (died 69 AD) was a Roman senator who lived during the first century. He was suffect consul for the nundinium of March to April...
in the civil strife that had left many Jews and Greeks dead. In Against Flaccus, Philo describes the situation of the Jews in Egypt, writing that they...
Siculus Flaccus (date uncertain) was an ancient Roman gromaticus (land surveyor), and writer in Latin on land surveying. His work was included in a collection...
Fulvius Q. f. M. n. Flaccus, consul in 264 BC, the year in which the First Punic War broke out. Quintus Fulvius M. f. Q. n. Flaccus, consul in 237, 224...
The earliest mention of Flaccus was by the poet Ovid, who addressed one of the earliest poems from Epistulae ex Ponto to Flaccus; Ronald Syme dates the...
were the lands of Lucius Valerius Flaccus, a young nobleman of significant influence and high patrician family. Flaccus could not help remarking on Cato's...
Alcuin of York (/ˈælkwɪn/; Latin: Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus; c. 735 – 19 May 804) – also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin – was a scholar, clergyman...
Flaccus Torquatus was a Roman senator during the reign of Antoninus Pius. He was consul prior in 143 with Herodes Atticus as his colleague. Flaccus Torquatus...
Aulus Persius Flaccus (/ˈpɜːrʃiəs, ˈpɜːrʃəs/; 4 December 34 – 24 November 62 AD) was a Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan origin. In his works, poems...
musical accompaniment for each of the plays was provided by a tibicen named Flaccus, a slave in the service of a certain Claudius. The traditional and generally...
Marcus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 125 BC) Marcus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 264 BC) Quintus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 237 BC) Quintus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 179...
Gaius Valerius Potitus was consul with M. Claudius Marcellus in 331 BC and was aedile in 329 BC. His father was Gaius Valerius Potitus (Tribuni militum...
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