Flaccus was a
Roman cognomen of the
plebeian gens[?] Fulvia[?], considered one of the most illustrious of the city.
Cicero and
Pliny 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. It has been variously interpreted as meaning "big ears", "flop ears", "floppy", or "fatty".
- Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, consul 264 BC
- Lucius Valerius M.f. Flaccus, consul 262 BC
- Quintus Fulvius M.f. Flaccus, consul 237 BC, 224 BC, 212 BC, 209 BC
- Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus, brother of Q. Fulvius, convicted of cowardice against Hannibal in 210 BC and exiled to Tarquinii[?]
- Publius Valerius L.f. Flaccus, consul 227 BC
- Lucius Valerius Flaccus, consul with Cato 195 BC
- Q. Fulvius Cn.f. Flaccus, suffect consul 180 BC
- Quintus Fulvius Q.f. Flaccus, consul 179 BC
- Lucius Valerius Flaccus, consul 152 BC, 131 BC
- Servius Fulvius Flaccus, consul 135 BC
- Gaius Fulvius Flaccus, consul 134 BC
- Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, consul 125 BC
- Lucius Valerius Flaccus, consul 100 BC
- Lucius Valerius Flaccus, aedile 98 BC
- Gaius Valerius Flaccus, consul 93 BC
- Lucius Valerius Flaccus, urban praetor 63 BC
- Quintus Horatius Flaccus[?] (Horace)
- Gaius Norbanus Flaccus, consul 38 BC, 24 BC, 15(?)
- Verrius Flaccus[?], freedman scholar
- Lucius Pomponius Flaccus, consul 15
- Aulus Avilius Flaccus[?], prefect of Egypt 32
- Aulus Persius Flaccus (34-62), poet
- Gaius Valerius Flaccus (1st century), poet
- C. Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus Tebanianus, consul 124, 143(?)
- Q. Uolusius Flaccus Cornelianus, consul 174
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