Tomb of the Flavii in Pompeii 50-30 BCE

"The Flavii of the Republic claimed Sabine ancestry, and may have been related to the Flavii who lived at Reate during the first century AD, from whom the emperor Vespasian descended; but the gentilicium is also found in other parts of Italy, such as Etruria and Lucania. The nomen Flavius is of Latin origin, and is derived from the surname Flavus, used by a number of gentes, and meaning "golden" or "golden-brown". It probably referred to the blond hair possessed by an early member of the family."

-taken from Wikipedia

Funeral niches containing portraits of Publius Flavius Philoxenus and Flavia Agathea.

P(ublius) Flavius P(ublii) l(ibertus)
Philoxsenus
Flavia P(ublii) l(iberta) Agathea
vivo n(os)t(ris)


P(ublius) Flavius
P(ublii) l(ibertus) Philoxen(us)
Flavia P(ublii) l(iberta)
Agathea

Flavia P(ublii) l(iberta)
Agathea Salinie(nsis)

Source:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomb_of_the_Flavii,_Pompeii_2.jpg

http://ancientrome.ru/art/artworken/img.htm?id=4070

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompeii_-_Tomb_of_the_Flavii_(4786639402).jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomb_of_the_Flavii,_Pompeii.jpg

 

Quote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavia_gens#Origin