In the third century AD, Flavius Philostratus wrote this: " For there is an ancient law in regard to the Red Sea, which the king Erythras laid down, when he held sway over that sea, to the effect that the Egyptians should not enter it with a vessel of war, and indeed should employ only a single merchant ship.

(-An recte dictum sit latenter esse vivendum ) 1128c ; Flavius Philostratus Vita Apollonii 8. 28. 12, meaning " live in obscurity ", " get through life without drawing attention to yourself ", i. e. live without pursuing glory or wealth or power, but anonymously, enjoying little things like food, the company of friends, etc.

Flavius Philostratus ( c. AD 170 ), who wrote the biography Life of Apollonius of Tyana, refers to the phoenix as a bird living in India, but sometimes migrating to Egypt every five hundred years.

* Account of the Grecian author, Flavius Philostratus

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Later, in The Life of Apollonius of Tyana Greek writer Flavius Philostratus ( c. 170 – 247 ) wrote:

Flavius Philostratus ' Life of Apollonius of Tyana ( v. 2 ) says, " And they also say that the Islands of the Blessed are to be fixed by the limits of Libya where they rise towards the uninhabited promontory.

Once Flavius Aetius learned of this plan, he rusticated Majorian to his estates at some date before 451, and was only recalled to Rome after Aetius ' death.

As emperors, Honorius was under the control of the Romanized Vandal magister militum Flavius Stilicho while Arcadius was dominated by one of his ministers, Rufinus.

In addition, Flavius Antiochianus, one of the consuls of 270, who was an urban prefect the year before, would continue to hold his office for the following year.

Other historians consider this a weak clue, as " Juliana " was a common name in the gens Anicia, and because Hermogenianus seems to have begotten only one daughter, who took chastity vows ; other possible fathers have therefore been proposed: either Flavius Anicius Probus ( suggested by Settipani ) or, according to some clues, Petronius Maximus.

He had one younger sister, Domitilla the Younger ( b. 45 ), and one younger brother, also named Titus Flavius Domitianus ( b. 51 ), but commonly referred to as Domitian.

The floor dates to the 4th century and was dedicated to the temple of Nodens by one Titus Flavius Senilis.

The dedication is made by one Flavius Senilis " on account of the marriage which he saw beneath the shade ", and there is a strong hint that Nodens is in fact Pan.

The latest event alluded to in his Epitoma rei militaris is the death of the Emperor Gratian ( 383 ); the earliest attestation of this work is a subscriptio by one Flavius Eutropius, writing in Constantinople in the year 450, which appears in one of two families of manuscripts, suggesting that a bifurcation of the manuscript tradition had already occurred.

After the ignominious defeat of the legatus of Syria ( 66 ), T. Flavius Vespasianus entered in Iudaea in 67 with the legions V Macedonica, X Fretensis, XV Apollinaris, one vexillatio of 1, 000 legionaries of the XXII, and 15, 000 soldiers from the Eastern allies, and started the siege of Jerusalem ( 69 ), which would be completed by his son T. Flavius Vespasianus ( better known as Titus ) in 70.

Timon acknowledges that he has had one true friend in Flavius, a shining example of an otherwise diseased and impure race, but laments that this man is a mere servant.

) is the name given to the religious romance which purports to contain a record made by one Clement ( whom the narrative identifies as both Pope Clement I, and Domitian's cousin Titus Flavius Clemens ) of discourses involving the apostle Peter, together with an account of the circumstances under which Clement came to be Peter's travelling companion, and of other details of Clement's family history.

In a fit of rage, Flavius hurled a glass vial at the sorcerers, releasing one of the pair's most terrible experiments: the Black Death, which would ultimately kill untold millions of Europeans.

Stilicho continued negotiations with Alaric ; Flavius Aetius, son of one of Stilicho's major supporters, was sent as a hostage to Alaric in 405.

He is mentioned by Tacitus as having been one of two witnesses who were present at the conferences between Vitellius and Flavius Sabinus, the elder brother of Vespasian, when the legions from the East were marching rapidly on the capital.

* Publius Licinius P. f. M. n. Crassus Dives, brother of the triumvir, he was slain by the horsemen of Gaius Flavius Fimbria, one of the partisans of Marius, in 87 BC.

Owing to the purely legendary character of these Acts, we cannot use them as an argument to aid in the controversy whether there were two Christians of the name of Domitilla in the family of the Christian Flavian, or only one: the wife of the Consul Titus Flavius Clemens.

Flavius Sanctus was a governor of one of the provinces of Roman Britain during the mid fourth century AD.

* Flavius Belisarius ( 505 ?– 565 ), one of the greatest generals of the Byzantine Empire and one of the most acclaimed generals in history.

Flavius Vopiscus, one of the supposed Scriptores Historiae Augustae, mentions him twice ( Aurelian 2. 1, Probus 2. 7.

* 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.

Nevertheless, Petro managed to improve his status by marrying the extremely wealthy Tertulla, whose fortune guaranteed the upwards mobility of Petro's son Titus Flavius Sabinus I, Domitian's grandfather.

Flavius Claudius Julianus, born in May or June 332 or 331 in Constantinople, was the son of Julius Constantius ( consul in 335 ), half brother of Emperor Constantine I, and his second wife, Basilina, a woman of Greek origin.

* 335 – Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.

* Flavius Aetius is sent as a child hostage at the court of Alaric I, king of the Visigoths.

After learning of the Hun invasion, Flavius Aetius ( magister militum ) moves quickly from Italy into Gaul, and joined forces with the Visigoth king Theodoric I.

* Flavius Aetius, Roman general ( magister militum ), arrives in southern Gaul with an army ( 40, 000 men ) and defeats the Visigoths under king Theodoric I who besiege the strategic city of Arles.

Flavius Aetius, Roman general ( magister militum ), musters in Gaul an army of Burgundians, Celts, Ripuarians, Salian Franks and Visigoths under the command of the Visigoth king Theodoric I.

* Justin I founded the Justinian Dynasty and makes his nephew Flavius Petrus Sabbatius ( later Justinian I ) his trusted advisor.

The candidates include Emperor Honorius ( 403 ) and Flavius Belisarius ( ostensibly " sitting in " for Emperor Justinian I ), in recognition for his victory over the Vandals.

* Flavius Stilicho marries Serena, adopted niece of Theodosius I.

* Theodosius I sends Flavius Stilicho as an envoy to the Persian court of king Shapur III at Ctesiphon to negotiate a peace settlement relating to the partition of Armenia.

* Flavius Aetius, Roman general ( magister militum ), secures the besieged city of Narbonne ( Southern Gaul ) against king Theodoric I.

Continuing his campaign into Italy Maximus was stopped from overthrowing Valentinian II, who was aged only twelve, when Theodosius I, the Eastern Roman Emperor, sent Flavius Bauto with a powerful force to stop him.

Nevertheless, Petro managed to improve his status by marrying the extremely wealthy Tertulla, whose fortune guaranteed the upwards mobility of Petro's son Titus Flavius Sabinus I, Titus's grandfather.

Flavius Valentinianus was born to Emperor Valentinian I and his second wife, Justina.

* Justin I ( 450 – 527 ), or Flavius Iustinius Augustus, an Eastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 518 to 527

Most likely Dionysius was also of local Thraco-Roman origin, like Vitalian's family to whom he was related, and to the rest of the Scythian Monks and other Thraco-Roman personalities of the era ( Justin I, Justinian, Flavius Aetius, etc.

The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains ( or Fields ), also called the Battle of Châlons or the Battle of Maurica, took place in AD 451 between a coalition led by the Roman general Flavius Aëtius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I against the Huns and their allies commanded by their leader Attila.

There is the example of Gabinius parting the Jewish nation into five conventions, reported by Flavius Josephus in Book I, 169-170 of The Wars of the Jews ( De bello Judaico ).

Flavius Theodosius or Theodosius the Elder was a senior military officer serving in the Western Roman Empire and the father of the Roman emperor Theodosius I. Flavius Theodosius attained the rank of Comes Britanniarum ( Count of the province of Britannia ) and as such, he is usually referred to as Comes ( Count ) Theodosius.

* 380 – 383: Flavius Saturninus, magister peditum under Theodosius I