Request for Position!

Author: * Fabricius Flavius - 1 Post on this thread out of 329 Posts sitewide.
Date: Jun 16, 2008 - 11:43

I am currently head of the Flavii in the Regia. I welcome all new comers to the family by sending them a nice welcoming message and give them gifts to start out. I check everyday at the newest romans list to be sure I do not miss anyone. Here is the message I send:

Welcome to Ancient worlds and the Gens Flaviae (the Flavius Family). I am C. Flavius Fabricius Licentius Piso (Fabricius Flavius) head of the Gens Flaviae.

I want you to know if you are in need of assistance or have a question about building your domus, etc. please feel free to contact me. I will be more than happy to assist you in any way I can.

Please accept these drinking vessels, amphorae, and glass vessels as gifts from the Flaviae family!

The family Flavius is a very noble and ancient family! Here is a brief history of our family.
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 preanomen by Constantine I set a precedent for some imperial dynasties, such as Justinianian dynasty and in the official names of high-ranking officials (Aëtius, Belisarius).
Famous people from the gens Flavia are:
* Gaius Flavius Fimbria, consul in 104 BC
* Titus Flavius Clemens, consul in 95
* Titus Flavius Sabinus, consul in 82
* Gaius Flavius Antoninus, general of the 1st century BC and assassin of Julius Caesar
* Flavius Scaevinus, member of the Pisonian conspiracy against Nero
* Lucius Flavius Arrianus Xenophon, historian of the 2nd century

* The Flavian dynasty of emperors:

o Titus Flavius Domitianus, Emperor Domitian
o Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Emperor Vespasian
o Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Emperor Titus
o Julia Flavia, daughter of Titus and mistress of Domitian

* Flavius Josephus (or just Josephus), famous historian of the 1st century, took his Roman name from his patron Vespasian
* Flavia Julia Helena
* Flavia Domitilla - wife / daughter / granddaughter of Vespasian
* Flavia Maximiana Theodora
* Flavia Julia Constantia

Flavius was also used as a praenomen: * Flavius Aëtius, general of 5th century
* Flavius Arcadius, Byzantine Emperor of the 4th and 5th century
* Flavius Augustus Honorius, Western Roman Emperor of the 4th and 5th century
* Flavius Belisarius, Byzantine general of the 6th century
* Flavius Caper, grammarian of the 2nd century
* Flavius Claudius Constantinus (Constantine II), emperor of the 4th century
* Flavius Claudius Iulianus emperor of the 4th century
* Flavius Gratianus Augustus (Gratian), Western Roman Emperor of the 4th century
* Flavius Iovianus (or just Jovian), emperor of the 4th century
* Flavius Julius Crispus (or just Crispus), Western Roman Emperor of the 4th century
* Flavius Magnus Magnentius (or just Magnentius), would-be Western Roman Emperor of the 4th century
* Flavius Martinus, vicarius of Roman Britain of the 4th century
* Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus (Justinian I), Eastern Roman Emperor of the 6th century

Also some Roman legions were called Flavia, since they had been levied by Flavian emperors:
* Legio IV Flavia Felix
* Legio XVI Flavia Firma
* 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 Virtutis
* Legio III Flavia Salutis

Others bearing similar names:
* Patriarch Flavianus (Fravitta of Constantinople)
* Virius Nicomachus Flavianus
* There is a Christian saint and martyr named Saint Flavia. She was venerated along with Saint Placidus.

Here is the official logo of the Flavii (Flavius) Family.

I am officially applying for the position of family head of the Flavii (Flavius) Family at this time! Thank you for your time and consideration!

C. Flavius Fabricius Licentius Piso
Amicus Principis of Roma
Tetrarch of the East
Proconsules of Asiae and Achaiae