Titus Sextius Cornelius Africanus, also known as Titus Sextius Africanus, was a
Roman Senator
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who lived in the
Roman Empire
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in the second half of the 1st century and first half of the 2nd century. He served as an
ordinary consul in 112 as the colleague of emperor
Trajan
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.
Africanus was a member of the
Roman Republic
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an
gens Sextia. He was the son of
Titus Sextius Magius Lateranus, ordinary consul in 94,
[''Biographischer Index der Antike'', p. 864] and his wife Volusia Torquata.
Family
Africanus married a Roman noblewoman from the
gens Vibia, and their children are known to include:
* Sextia (born c. 120), who married
Appius Claudius Pulcher, a suffect consul of the 2nd century;
*
Titus Sextius Lateranus, also known by his full name T. Sextius Lateranus M. Vibius Ovel
ius?...Secundus L. Vol
sius Torquatus?Vestinus
[Mennen, ''Power and Status of the Roman Empire, AD 193-284'', p. 200] or Titus Sextius… Marcus Vibius Qui
tus(?)Secundus Lucius Vol
sius Torquatus (?)Vestinus.
[ He served as ordinary consul in 154 as the colleague of emperor ]Lucius Verus
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References
Sources
* J. Bennett, ''Trajan: Optimus Princeps: a Life and Times'', Routledge, 1997
* Biographischer Index der Antike (Google eBook), Walter de Gruyter, 2001
* I. Mennen, ''Power and Status of the Roman Empire, AD 193-284'', BRILL, 2011
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