Titus Sextius Cornelius Africanus

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Titus Sextius Cornelius Africanus also known as Titus Sextius Africanus was a Roman Senator that lived in the Roman Empire in the second half of the 1st century and first half of the 2nd century. He served as a consul in 112 with the Roman emperor Trajan.

Africanus was a member of the Roman Republican gens, Sextia. He was the son of Titus Sextius Magius Lateranus, who served as a consul in 94, in the reign of Roman emperor Domitian from his wife, Volusia Torquata.

Africanus married a Roman noblewoman from the gens, Vibia, and with her had the following:

a daughter, Sextia (born c. 120) who married Appius Claudius Pulcher, a suffect consul of the 2nd century;

a son, Titus Sextius Lateranus, who is also known by his full name T. Sextius Lateranus M. Vibius Ovel[lius?...] Secundus L. Vol[usius Torquatus?] Vestinus or Titus Sextius… Marcus Vibius Qui[etus(?)] Secundus Lucius Vol[usius Torquatus (?)] Vestinus who served as a consul in 154.

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