Africanus

Africanus, in Latin, means "African". It can refer to:

• a cognomen of ancient Rome :
  • Africanus Fabius Maximus, the younger son of Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45BCE) and an unknown wife
  • Cresconius Africanus, a Latin canon lawyer of uncertain date and place
  • Julius Africanus, an orator in the time of Nero
  • Junillus Africanus (fl. 541–549), a Quaestor of the Sacred Palace in the court of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I
  • Scipio Africanus (disambiguation)
  • Sextus Caecilius Africanus, a 2nd century Roman legal scholar
  • Sextus Julius Africanus, a Christian traveller and historian of the 3rd century
  • Titus Sextius Africanus, 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 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
• Constantine the African i.e. Constantinus Africanus (11th century)
• George John Scipio Africanus (1763—1834), a West African negro slave
• Leo Africanus (1488–1554)
• Africanus (journal), a scientific journal published by UNISA, about development problems with special reference to the Third World and southern Africa

Species Latin binomial name abbreviations

• A. africanus (disambiguation)
• B. africanus (disambiguation)
• C. africanus (disambiguation)
• D. africanus (disambiguation)
• E. africanus (disambiguation)
• F. africanus
• G. africanus (disambiguation)
• H. africanus (disambiguation)
• K. africanus (disambiguation)
• L. africanus
• M. africanus
• P. africanus (disambiguation)
• R. africanus
• S. africanus
• T. africanus (disambiguation)

See also

• Africana (disambiguation)
• Africanae (disambiguation)
• Africanis, a group of South African dogs not recognised as a breed
• Africanum (disambiguation)