Publius Servilius Africanus

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Publius Servilius Africanus was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 2nd century AD .

A military diploma dated December 22, 144 shows that Africanus 144 was in command of the Cohors V Delmatarum civium Romanorum , which was stationed in the province of Mauretania Tingitana at the time. Africanus probably came from Sabratha .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military diploma of 144 ( RMD 5, 398 ).
  2. ↑ Paul Holder : Roman Military Diplomas V (= Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement 88), Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, London 2006, pp. 811-812, no. 398, note. 6th
  3. ↑ Paul Holder: A diploma for Mauretania Tingitana of 22 December 144 In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 149 (2004), pp. 275-281, here p. 280 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Servilius Africanus, Publius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century