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".

• 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