Flavian
/ˈfleɪvɪən
/adjective
Relating to a dynasty (ad 69-96) of Roman emperors including Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian.His name indicates that his family was granted the citizenship by the Flavian dynasty of Vespasian....
- The settlement developed into a planned Roman town from early Flavian times.
- Suetonius, writing about the Julio-Claudian and Flavian emperors under a new dynasty, saw no reason to treat them as heroes.
noun
A member of the Flavian dynasty.The latter managed to stick, founding a new dynasty, the Flavians....
- As the Flavians advanced on Rome there were steady desertions from Vitellius' cause, though his praetorians remained loyal.
- Either way, the result was a new imperial dynasty: the Flavians.
Origin
From Latin Flavianus, from Flavius, a given name used by this dynasty.