Tiberius Claudius Africanus

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Tiberius Claudius Africanus was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 1st century AD .

An inscription that was found at Syene and which is dated to 98/99, shows that Africanus was prefect of the Cohors I Hispanorum equitata , which was stationed in the province of Aegyptus at that time .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inscription ( CIL 3, 14147,2 ).
  2. ↑ John Spaul , Cohors² The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army , British Archaeological Reports 2000, BAR International Series (Book 841), ISBN 978-1-84171-046-4 , page 112 .
  3. ^ Margaret M. Roxan : The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula. Dissertation, 1973 Volume 1 ( PDF 1 ) Volume 2 ( PDF 2 ), pp. 193, 653.
personal data
SURNAME Claudius Africanus, Tiberius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 1st century or 2nd century