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I actually know someone with this name, he pronounces it FLA-vee-us, and he is from Romania.
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In Latin it would be pronounced fla`we us (short a, long e, short u, emphasis on the second syllable).
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I'm actually kinda starting to like this name, which is worrying me a bit. It's old fashioned, but rare. I don't think I would ever call a child Flavius though (I hope!)
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According to my mother, a Roman centurion of Ceasar's household refused to kill Christians. He was forced to become a gladiator. He wanted to distance himself from his relationship to the Ceasar's so he stopped pronouncing the "l".
There were many stories of this type, so it is difficult to verify the veracity of it. But, mom said it was true, so that worked for me.