Mestrius Florus

Family: Roman · Role: reminder of proper expression · First appears: Vespasian 22

Vespasian 22

• with Vespasian (Mestrius Florus corrected or reminded Vespasian about the proper expression.) “Being once reminded by Mestrius Florus, that plaustra was a more proper expression than plostra, he the next day saluted him by the name of Flaurus.”
• with Vespasian (Vespasian playfully gave Mestrius Florus a distorted nickname after being corrected by him.) “Being once reminded by Mestrius Florus, that plaustra was a more proper expression than plostra, he the next day saluted him by the name of Flaurus.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.