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Africanus, in Latin, means "African". It can refer to:
People:
- A cognomen of ancient Rome :
- Africanus Fabius Maximus, the younger son of Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45 BC) and an unknown wife
- Cresconius Africanus, a Latin canon lawyer of uncertain date and place
- Julius Africanus, an orator in the time of Nero
- Titus Sextius Africanus, a censor of Gaul in the 1st century
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Lucius Apuleius Africanus Madaurensis (c. 124 – c. 170 CE); a Latin-language prose writer
- Titus Sextius Cornelius Africanus, a consul in the 2nd century under Trajan
- Sextus Caecilius Africanus, a 2nd-century Roman legal scholar
- Scipio Africanus (disambiguation)
- Sextus Julius Africanus, a Christian traveller and historian of the 3rd century
- Junillus Africanus ( fl. 541–549), a Quaestor of the Sacred Palace in the court of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I
- Constantine the African i.e. Constantinus Africanus (11th century)
- Leo Africanus (1488–1554)
- George Africanus (1763—1834), a West African slave, later credited as Nottingham's first black entrepreneur
- Africanus Horton (1835–1883), also known as James Beale, a writer and folklorist from Sierra Leone
- Albert Freeman Africanus King, one of the attending doctors during the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Other uses:
- Africanus (journal), a scientific journal published by UNISA, about development problems with special reference to the Third World and southern Africa
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.
Usage examples of "africanus".
Scipio Agricola Africanus, the man from Carthage, put his head down on his arms.
The Pool of Curtius, the sacred trees, Scipio Africanus atop his tall column, the beaks of captured ships mounted on more columns, statues galore on imposing plinths glaring furiously like old Appius Claudius the Blind or looking smugly serene like wily and brilliant old Scaurus Princeps Senatus.
But a typical africanus male weighed less than a hundred pounds, and a female much less still, whereas gorillas can easily top out at 600 pounds.
You remember the tactics of Scipio Africanus against the Punic elephants?
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Then, a few weeks later, we were all in period costumes, fighting the Battle of Zama between Hannibal and Scipio Africanus during the Second Punic War.
Africanus, Lactantius, and the Greek church, have reduced that number to 5500, and Eusebius has contented himself with 5200 years.
Metellus senior had named Paccius Africanus his heir, thus leaving him all his debts and responsibilities, plus the religious safe keeping of the family's ancestral masks and household gods.
In the late summer of the year that I returned with my family from my British trip, I worked with Paccius Africanus and Silius Italicus, two famous informers at the top of their trade.