Alexander Flavius

Alexander Flavius Publicola (12 June AD 23 – 19 June AD 101) was a Romano-Greek orator, scholar, publican, and the fifth Publicola of the Order of Rome. He codified much of the Flavian Code and set about continuing the dreams and desires of his predecessor, Titus Flavius. He is also noteworthy for expanding the Order of Rome into Dacia, Illyria, Pannonia, Gaul, and Italia through his complex network of couriers and students.

Alexander Flavius was a wealthy publican from Athens who studied under Titus Flavius. His parents were Greek but never held any significant social status. His family name is unknown. Alexander studied in the Piraeus where he met Titus and, at the young age of 16. He left his family and joined Titus on his journeys throughout the Greek world.

During his travels, Alexander took up work as a publican to help pay for their ventures. After several years of travels and adventures, Alexander and Titus settled in Thessalonica (modern day Thessaloniki), where Alexander began orating and studying Roman law. After gaining a reputation as a competent orator, Alexander caught the attention of the Roman governor of Macedonia. Utilizing his sills of deception and persuasion, Alexander stopped multiple minor acts of injustice in Macedonia and garnered a minor network of fellow orators and students.

Those students would gradually be brought under the fold of the Order of Rome. By AD 96, late in Titus Flavius' life, the two agreed to require a contractual obligation for those wishing to join the Order to keep organization and pressure as they kept growing, converting the loose network of couriers and unknowing co-conspirators into a somewhat sophisticated organization.

Upon Titus' death, Alexander took up the reigns right away in codifying more of the Flavian Constitution into tablets and papyrus. Alexander took multiple ventures to Italia, Gaul, Illyria, and Pannonia. While in

Titus Flavius is remembered as the Second Founder of the Order of Rome, along with Malichus of Bostra. His Constitution is still in practice today, with little amendments and changes made to it. His name "Flavius" and the use of the Flavia gens in the titles of Publicolae was used by almost every successor to the modern day, both due to the legacy of Titus Flavius as well as legal gens of several of his successors all being Flavia.