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Flaccus

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".



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