Flavius Boethius
The gens Flavia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Its members are first mentioned during the last three centuries of the Roman Republic, Republic. The first of the Flavii to achieve prominence was Marcus Flavius, tribune of the plebs in 327 and 323 BC; however, no Flavius attained the Roman consul, consulship until Gaius Flavius Fimbria (consul 104 BC), Gaius Flavius Fimbria in 104 BC. The gens became illustrious during the first century AD, when the family of the Flavii Sabini claimed the imperial dignity.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. II, p. 169 ("Flavia Gens"). Under the Roman Empire, Empire, the number of persons bearing this Roman naming conventions, nomen becomes very large, perhaps due to the great number of freedman, freedmen under the Flavian dynasty of emperors. It was a common practice for freedmen to assume the nomina of their patrons, and so countless persons who obtained the Roman citizenship, Roman franchise under the Flavian ...
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