flavian dynasty
- n a dynasty of Roman Emperors from 69 to 96 including Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian
flavin
- n a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin
flavius claudius julianus
- n Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)
flavius josephus
- n Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)
flavius theodosius
- n the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395)
flavius valerius constantinus
- n Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337)