Cicero and Pliny state that the family came from Tusculum, where some were still living in the middle of the ist century B.C. Of the Fulvii Flacci the most important were the following: QuintusFulviusFlaccus, son of the first of the family, Marcus, who was consul with Appius Claudius Caudex in 264.
His son, Quintus, waged war with signal success against the Celtiberians in 182-181, and the Ligurians in 179.
Marcus FulviusFlaccus, grandnephew of the first Quintus, lived in the times of the Gracchi, of whom he was a strong supporter.