Africanus

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

• a cognomen of ancient Rome associated with the gens Scipio, including among others
  • several people named Scipio Africanus; see Scipio Africanus (disambiguation)
  • Julius Africanus, an orator in the time of Nero
  • 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
• Constantine the African i.e. Constantinus Africanus (11th century)
• Leo Africanus (1488–1554)
• George John Scipio Africanus (1763—1834), a West African negro slave
• Africanus Horton (1835-1883), also known as James Beale, a writer and folklorist from Sierra Leone
• Australopithecus africanus, hominid specimen found in Africa.
• many plants and animals the second part of whose binomial name is "africanus"

Africanis is a group of South African dogs not recognised as a breed.