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Flavius

5. L. Flavius, a Roman eques, who gave his evidence against Verres. in B. C. 70. He probably lived in Sicily, and was engaged in mercantile pursuits. (Cic. in Verr. 1.5, 5.59.) He appears to be the same as the L. Flavius who is mentioned as the procurator, that is, the agent or steward of C. Matrinius in Sicily. (Cic. in Verr. 5.7.)

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.