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Africanus

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Roman cognomen derived from the place name AFRICA, which in Roman times referred only to North Africa. This was the agnomen of the 3rd-century BC Roman general Scipio Africanus, who was honoured with it after his victory over Carthage in the Second Punic War. His descendants used it as a cognomen.

AFRICA     English, Ancient Roman Of Latin origin, possibly from the Afri people who lived near Carthage in North Africa.