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Flavian, a. and n.|ˈfleɪvɪən|
[ad. L. Flaviānus.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Flavia.
B. n. A member of this gens.
1598R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus' Ann. iii. 123 The captaines also of the Flauian side helped. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. I. iii. 76 Such a prince [sc. Vespasian] consulted his true interest by the association of a son, whose more splendid..character might turn the public attention, from the obscure origin, to the future glories of the Flavian house. 1796Encycl. Brit. XVI. 425/1 [Domitian] distributed great rewards; sitting as president himself, adorned with a purple robe and crown, with the priests of Jupiter and the college of Flavian priests about him. 1867C. M. Yonge Pupils of St. John viii. 139 Beyond this colossus lay the great Flavian Amphitheatre, called from it the Colosseum. 1872Church & Brodribb Pliny's Lett. i. 4 With its close, which witnessed the establishment of the Flavian dynasty, began a more hopeful era. 1882[see Claudian a. and n.]. 1900[see Antonine B. 2]. 1903Jewish Encycl. V. 406/2 An early branch of the imperial Flavian house was at one time inclined toward Judaism and Christianity. 1956M. Hadas Hist. Rome (1958) v. 93 (heading) Flavians and Antonines. 1956M. J. Costelloe tr. Hertling & Kirschbaum's Roman Catacombs (1960) ii. 36 The domestic tragedy within the imperial household of the Flavians..reached its climax in the assassination of the emperor. 1959Chambers's Encycl. XI. 787 Vespasian established the Flavian dynasty. |