Africanus
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Africanus, in Latin, means "African". It can refer to:
- a cognomen of ancient Rome :
- Africanus Fabius MaximusAfricanus Fabius MaximusAfricanus Fabius Maximus was the younger son of Quintus Fabius Maximus and an unknown wife. His elder brother was Paullus Fabius Maximus and his sister was Fabia Paullina, who married Marcus Titius....
, the younger son of Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45BCE) and an unknown wife - Cresconius AfricanusCresconius AfricanusCresconius Africanus was a Latin canon lawyer, of uncertain date and place. He flourished, probably, in the latter half of the 7th century...
, a Latin canon lawyer of uncertain date and place - Julius AfricanusJulius AfricanusJulius Africanus was a celebrated orator in the reign of Nero, and seems to have been the son of the Julius Africanus, of the Gallic state of the Santoni, who was condemned by Tiberius in 32 AD. Quintilian, who had heard Julius Africanus, spoke of him and Domitius Afer as the best orators of their...
, an orator in the time of Nero - Junillus Africanus (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
541–549), a Quaestor of the Sacred Palace in the court of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I - Scipio Africanus (disambiguation)Scipio Africanus (disambiguation)The name Scipio Africanus may refer to:*Scipio Africanus , Roman general who defeated Hannibal, to whom the name Scipio Africanus usually refers...
- Sextus Caecilius AfricanusSextus Caecilius AfricanusSextus Caecilius Africanus was an ancient Roman jurist and a pupil of Salvius Julianus.Only one quote remains of his Epistulae of at least twenty books. Excerpts of his Quaestiones, a collection of legal cases in no particular order in nine books, are also reproduced in the Digests...
, a 2nd century Roman legal scholar - Sextus Julius AfricanusSextus Julius AfricanusSextus Julius Africanus was a Christian traveller and historian of the late 2nd and early 3rd century AD. He is important chiefly because of his influence on Eusebius, on all the later writers of Church history among the Fathers, and on the whole Greek school of chroniclers.His name indicates that...
, a Christian traveller and historian of the 3rd century - Titus Sextius AfricanusTitus Sextius AfricanusTitus Sextius Africanus was a nobleman of ancient Rome who was deterred by Agrippina the Younger from marrying Junia Silana. In 62 AD, he took the census in the provinces of Gaul, together with Quintus Volusius Saturninus and Marcus Trebellius Maximus. Saturninus and Africanus were rivals, and...
, a censor of Gaul in the 1st century; there was also a man with this name in the 2nd century, who was consul under Trajan
- Africanus Fabius Maximus
- Africanus HortonAfricanus HortonAfricanus Horton , also known as James Beale, was a Creole African nationalist writer and an esteemed Medical Surgeon in the British Army from Freetown, Sierra Leone....
(1835–1883), also known as James Beale, a writer and folklorist from Sierra Leone - Albert Freeman Africanus KingAlbert Freeman Africanus KingAlbert Freeman Africanus King was a bystander physician who was pressed into service during the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. In addition, King was one of the earliest to suggest the connection between mosquitos and malaria....
, one of the attending doctors during the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln - Constantine the AfricanConstantine the AfricanConstantine the African was a Tunisian doctor of the eleventh century. The first part of his life was spent in Tunisia and the rest in Italy. In Salerno, Italy, he became a professor of medicine and his work attracted widespread attention...
i.e. Constantinus Africanus (11th century) - George John Scipio Africanus (1763—1834), a West African negro slave
- Leo AfricanusLeo AfricanusJoannes Leo Africanus, was a Moorish diplomat and author who is best known for his book Descrittione dell’Africa describing the geography of North Africa.-Biography:Most of what is known about his life is gathered from autobiographical...
(1488–1554) - Africanus (journal)Africanus (journal)Africanus is a biannual academic journal published by UNISA Press. The journal focuses on development problems with special reference to the Third World and Southern Africa.- Abstracting and indexing :...
, a scientific journal published by UNISA, about development problems with special reference to the Third World and southern Africa
See also
- Africana (disambiguation)
- Africanae (disambiguation)
- AfricanisAfricanisThe Africanis is a group of South African dogs recently recognized by the Kennel Union of South Africa as an emerging breed. It is believed to be of ancient origin, directly descended from hounds and pariah dogs of ancient Africa, introduced into the Nile Valley from the Levant...
, a group of South African dogs not recognised as a breed - Africanum (disambiguation)