Titus Sextius Africanus
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Titus 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 province
s of Gaul
, together with Quintus Volusius Saturninus
and Marcus Trebellius Maximus
. Saturninus and Africanus were rivals, and both hated Trebellius, who took advantage of their rivalry to get the better of them. His name occurs in a fragment of the Fratres Arvales. There was a Titus Sextius Africanus who was consul
with Trajan
in 112 AD
, who was probably a descendant of this Africanus.
Agrippina the Younger
Julia Agrippina, most commonly referred to as Agrippina Minor or Agrippina the Younger, and after 50 known as Julia Augusta Agrippina was a Roman Empress and one of the more prominent women in the Julio-Claudian dynasty...
from marrying Junia Silana. In 62 AD
62
Year 62 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marius and Asinius...
, he took the census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
in the province
Roman province
In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and, until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of Italy...
s of Gaul
Gaul
Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...
, together with Quintus Volusius Saturninus
Quintus Volusius Saturninus
Quintus Volusius Saturninus was a Roman that lived in the 1st century and was a Roman senator during the reign of Nero and was consul in 56. He was the son of the prominent senator Lucius Volusius Saturninus who received a state funeral under Nero...
and Marcus Trebellius Maximus
Marcus Trebellius Maximus
Marcus Trebellius Maximus was a Roman politician.He was consul in AD 56, and in 61 served on a commission to revise the census list and tax assessments in Gaul, together with Quintus Volusius Saturninus and Titus Sextius Africanus. Saturninus and Africanus were rivals, and both hated Trebellius,...
. Saturninus and Africanus were rivals, and both hated Trebellius, who took advantage of their rivalry to get the better of them. His name occurs in a fragment of the Fratres Arvales. There was a Titus Sextius Africanus who was consul
Roman consul
A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic.Each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one-year term. Each consul was given veto power over his colleague and the officials would alternate each month...
with Trajan
Trajan
Trajan , was Roman Emperor from 98 to 117 AD. Born into a non-patrician family in the province of Hispania Baetica, in Spain Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian. Serving as a legatus legionis in Hispania Tarraconensis, in Spain, in 89 Trajan supported the emperor against...
in 112 AD
112
Year 112 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Cornelius...
, who was probably a descendant of this Africanus.