Talk:Flavia gens

Incorrect redirect
The link to Titus Flavius Clemens redirects to the Christian theologian, not the consul as it should. Stephen C. Carlson (talk) 08:59, 5 October 2006

Flavius in the Late Roman Empire
There should be a note that "Flavius" in the 4th, 5th & IIRC 6th centuries did not refer to the gens Flavia, but was more of a title adopted by people claiming a mid-level status with some kind of military overtones. Benet Salway, in his Journal of Roman Studies article, does an excellent job of explaining how it derived from the dynastic name of Constantine the Great -- & its later use has nothing to do with the gens. -- llywrch (talk) 03:46, 16 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I'll try to clarify how it was used in the article. The lead section was meant to cover this.  However, I feel it's only fair to point out that a huge number of people did have Flavius as a nomen gentilicium, and in that sense they were part of gentes of that name, even though they might not have been descended from the Flavii of the Republic (or even related to each other).  After a few generations, families of this name would likely be indistinguishable from one another.  It's also impossible to know in many cases whether the name arrived in someone's style as the result of direct descent from any family of this name, or whether it was adopted by the particular individual who bore it.  That presents a challenge for this article, since no other gens article attempts to distinguish between genuine descendants of an ancient family and persons bearing the same nomen under the later Empire, but including everyone known by Flavius here seems impractical.  P Aculeius (talk) 06:18, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

DAB needed
barbarian successor kingdoms of Italy in the lead links to a disambiguation page, and needs to be disambiguated to the germane kingdoms. Cheers! 20:34, 31 October 2017 (UTC)