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Background imageAfricanus Collection: Scipio Africanus meeting Hannibal at Battle of Zama

Scipio Africanus meeting Hannibal at Battle of Zama
SECOND PUNIC WAR : the Roman general and statesman Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus meets the Carthaginian leader Hannibal before defeating him at the Battle of Zama, near Carthage in North Africa

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Australopithecus and the Rhodesian Man

Australopithecus and the Rhodesian Man
Reconstructed: Australopithecus and the Rhodesian Man

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Scipio Africanus - 2

Scipio Africanus - 2
After his successes against the Carthaginians, Publius Cornelius Scipio is awarded a massive triumphal procession; he is henceforth known as Scipio Africanus

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Mrs. Ples skull

Mrs. Ples skull
Mrs. Ples. Reproduction of a skull of a Plesianthropus transvaalensis. Found at Sterkfontein. South Africa

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Young Australopithecus africanus

Young Australopithecus africanus
Reconstruction drawing of the head of the young Australopithecus africanus, represented by the Taungs skull discovered in Bechuanaland. Date: 1925

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Antiochus III of Syria returns Scipios captured son

Antiochus III of Syria returns Scipios captured son
Antiochus III of Syria, though an enemy, returns the Roman leader Scipio Africanuss captured son without demanding a ransom

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Warthog Phacochoerus africanus and South American

Warthog Phacochoerus africanus and South American
Warthog, Phacochoerus africanus, and South American tapir, Tapirus terrestris (vulnerable)

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Scipio Africanus Ynger

Scipio Africanus Ynger
PUBLIUS SCIPIO AFRICANUS the Younger Roman soldier and statesman

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Scipio Africanus discovering military conspiracy

Scipio Africanus discovering military conspiracy
SECOND PUNIC WAR : Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Roman general and statesman, surprises a military conspiracy

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Africa - Common Warthog at a waterhole

Africa - Common Warthog at a waterhole
Africa - Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) - taking a drink at a watering hole. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageAfricanus Collection: African clawed gecko / Holodactylus africanus

African clawed gecko / Holodactylus africanus The African clawed gecko is a medium sized lizard species found in the horn of Africa

Background imageAfricanus Collection: African clawed gecko / Holodactylus africanus

African clawed gecko / Holodactylus africanus The African clawed gecko is a medium sized nocturnal lizard species found across the arid regions of Eastern Africa

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Portrait of Roman Emperor Gaius Iulius Verus Maximus

Portrait of Roman Emperor Gaius Iulius Verus Maximus
Roman Emperor Gaius Iulius Verus Maximus, 220-238. Gaius Iulius Verus Maximinus or Maximinus the Younger

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Triumph of Scipio Africanus after defeating Hannibal

Triumph of Scipio Africanus after defeating Hannibal
SECOND PUNIC WAR : the triumph of the Roman general and statesman Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus after defeating the Carthaginian leader Hannibal at the Battle of Zama

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Blue lily or Agapanthus umbellatus africanus

Blue lily or Agapanthus umbellatus africanus
5856347 Blue lily or Agapanthus umbellatus africanus; (add.info.: A sky-blue agapanthus lily flower shown in full bloom in the top of the page)

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Asse or donkey, Equus africanus asinus

Asse or donkey, Equus africanus asinus
FLO4640796 Asse or donkey, Equus africanus asinus

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Missing Link Skull

Missing Link Skull
Missing link skull between ape and man. Dart came to the world's attention in 1925 with his announced discovery of the skull he named Australopithecus africanus,  (South African ape)

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Scipio Africanus (236-183 BC). Roman general and consul

Scipio Africanus (236-183 BC). Roman general and consul
Scipio Africanus (236-183 BC). Roman general and later consul. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) on a Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

Yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) on a Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Tsavo, Kenya. Date: 06-12-2018

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90022735

DDE-90022735
Africa. Tanzania. Common Warthog at Ngorongoro Crater in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Date: 26/08/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90022728

DDE-90022728
Africa. Tanzania. Common Warthog at Ngorongoro Crater in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Date: 26/08/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90022614

DDE-90022614
Africa. Tanzania. African White-Backed Vulture at Tarangire NP. Date: 26/08/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90022477

DDE-90022477
Africa. Tanzania. White-backed Vultures and Spotted Hyaena on Hippo kill in Serengeti NP. Date: 19/05/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90022476

DDE-90022476
Africa. Tanzania. White-backed Vultures and Spotted Hyaena on Hippo kill in Serengeti NP. Date: 19/05/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90022473

DDE-90022473
Africa. Tanzania. White-backed Vulture flying in Serengeti NP. Date: 19/05/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90022472

DDE-90022472
Africa. Tanzania. White-backed Vultures on Hippo kill in Serengeti NP. Date: 19/05/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90021995

DDE-90021995
South Africa, Addo National Park, Male Warthog displays tusks while feeding on grass (Pharcochoerus africanus) Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90021994

DDE-90021994
South Africa, Pilanesburg GR, Warthog (Pharcochoerus africanus) and Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90021961

DDE-90021961
Africa, South Africa. Spotted Eagle Owl (Bubo africanus) Date: 30/08/2007

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90021830

DDE-90021830
Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), Kruger National Park, South Africa Date: 15/09/2009

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90021829

DDE-90021829
Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), Kruger National Park, South Africa Date: 15/09/2009

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90021343

DDE-90021343
Africa, Namibia, Torras Conservancy. Adult and young donkeys in dry grass. Date: 02/12/2008

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90021342

DDE-90021342
Africa, Namibia, Torras Conservancy. Profile of young donkey. Date: 02/12/2008

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90020622

DDE-90020622
Africa, Kenya, Samburu National Reserve, Elephant herd (Loxodonta africana) along sandy banks of Uaso Nyiro River Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90020570

DDE-90020570
Kenya, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) feeds in dense brush along Mara River Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90020541

DDE-90020541
Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Young Elephant Calf (Loxodonta africanus) playing with trunk in tall savanna grass Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90020539

DDE-90020539
Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Two Bull elephants (Loxodonta africanus) sparring with tusks on savanna Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90020429

DDE-90020429
African white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Date: 22/01/2010

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90020427

DDE-90020427
African white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and a tpoi carcass, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Date: 22/01/2010

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90020251

DDE-90020251
Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), Aberdare National Park, Kenya Date: 02/07/2008

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90020178

DDE-90020178
Kenya, Samburu Game Reserve. Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) family grazing and drinking Date: 20/03/2007

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019940

DDE-90019940
Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) with young, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya Date: 12/08/2006

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019939

DDE-90019939
Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) with ox pecker, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya Date: 12/08/2006

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019903

DDE-90019903
Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara. Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) family. Date: 06/08/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019902

DDE-90019902
Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara. Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus). Date: 06/08/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019381

DDE-90019381
Botswana, Moremi Game Reserve, Elephant (Loxodonta africana) walks past safari truck near Xakanaxa at sunset Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019375

DDE-90019375
Botswana, Moremi Game Reserve, Elephant herd (Loxodonta africana) walking through dry grass near Xakanaxa at sunset Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019370

DDE-90019370
Botswana, Chobe National Park, Infant Elephant (Loxodonta africana) stays close to mother's side at water hole in Savuti Marsh Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019360

DDE-90019360
Africa, Botswana, Chobe National Park, Warthog (Pharcochoerus africanus) drinking from water pool in Savuti Marsh Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019358

DDE-90019358
Africa, Botswana, Chobe National Park, Elephant (Loxodonta africana) wallows in mud hole along Chobe River at dusk Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019344

DDE-90019344
Botswana, Chobe National Park, Blurred image of Elephant (Loxodonta africana) and storm clouds at dusk in Savuti Marsh Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019327

DDE-90019327
Botswana, Moremi Game Reserve, Young Elephant calf (Loxodonta africana) walks at edge of Khwai River at sunset Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019301

DDE-90019301
Botswana, Chobe National Park, Charging Elephant (Loxodonta africana) along banks of Chobe River Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019300

DDE-90019300
Africa, Botswana, Chobe National Park, Elephant (Loxodonta africana) and Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) on flood plain along Chobe River at sunset Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019297

DDE-90019297
Africa, Botswana, Chobe National Park, Herd of Elephant (Loxodonta africana) cool off in Chobe River at sunset Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019289

DDE-90019289
Botswana, Chobe NP, Moon and flock of White backed Vultures (Gyps africanus) & Cape Vultures (G. coprotheres) at dawn Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageAfricanus Collection: DDE-90019115

DDE-90019115
Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii), Chobe Safari Lodge, Kasane, Botswana, Africa Date: 15/09/2009

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Silk grass, Yucca filamentosa

Silk grass, Yucca filamentosa. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Portrait of Roman Emperor Gordian I

Portrait of Roman Emperor Gordian I
Roman Emperor Gordian I, 159-238. Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus Augustus

Background imageAfricanus Collection: African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana

African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Cape hare and tapeti or Brazilian hare

Cape hare and tapeti or Brazilian hare
Cape hare, Lepus capensis, and tapeti or Brazilian hare, Sylvilagus brasiliensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Reed cormorant, Microcarbo africanus

Reed cormorant, Microcarbo africanus (Long-tailed cormorant, Carbo longicaudus)

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Pennant-winged nightjar, Macrodipteryx vexillarius

Pennant-winged nightjar, Macrodipteryx vexillarius (Macrodipteryx africanus)

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Africans hunting warthog, zebra and jackal

Africans hunting warthog, zebra and jackal
Hunters in Africa hunting warthog, Phacochoerus africanus, zebra, Equus quagga, and black-backed jackal, Canis mesomelas, with gun, spear and bow and arrow

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus

Common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus (Cape Verde boar, Sus africanus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Warthog, Phacochoerus africanus

Warthog, Phacochoerus africanus (Aethiopian boar). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1824

Background imageAfricanus Collection: African bush elephant, adult female, Loxodonta africana

African bush elephant, adult female, Loxodonta africana (Elephas africanus). Vulnerable. Illustration drawn by Charles Hamilton Smith from Berlin Library

Background imageAfricanus Collection: African lily, Agapanthus africanus

African lily, Agapanthus africanus (white-flowered agapanthus, Agapanthus umbellatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Gladiolus, Gladiolus dalenii, cudweed, pomegranate

Gladiolus, Gladiolus dalenii, cudweed, pomegranate
Sword lily, Gladiolus communis 1, Gladiolus dalenii 2, cudweed, Helichrysum luteoalbum 3, pomegranate flower, Punica granatum 4 and blood lily, Haemanthus sanguineus 5

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Thistle protea, Protea scolymocephala

Thistle protea, Protea scolymocephala (Scolymocephalus africanus)

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Head of African Elephant (Elephas africanus) (engraving)

Head of African Elephant (Elephas africanus) (engraving)
3653613 Head of African Elephant (Elephas africanus) (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Head of African Elephant (Elephas africanus)

Background imageAfricanus Collection: A sanga-ox, Bos africanus (engraving)

A sanga-ox, Bos africanus (engraving)
3655640 A sanga-ox, Bos africanus (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A sanga-ox, Bos africanus)

Background imageAfricanus Collection: A Wathog standing in mud, London Zoo, 1927 (b / w photo)

A Wathog standing in mud, London Zoo, 1927 (b / w photo)
3587748 A Wathog standing in mud, London Zoo, 1927 (b/w photo) by Bond, Frederick William (1887-1942); Zoological Society of London; eZoological Society of London; British, out of copyright

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Spain. Italica. Roman city founded c. 206 BC. Thermae, Large

Spain. Italica. Roman city founded c. 206 BC. Thermae, Large Baths. Near Santiponce. Ruins. Andalusia

Background imageAfricanus Collection: White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) feeding on Common Zebra (Equus quagga) carcass

White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) feeding on Common Zebra (Equus quagga) carcass, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province, Kenya

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Spain. Italica. House of Hylas. Domus roman. Mosaic

Spain. Italica. House of Hylas. Domus roman. Mosaic
Spain. Andalusia. Roman city of Italica. Founded in 206 BC. House of Hylas. Domus roman. Mosaic

Background imageAfricanus Collection: Australopithecus africanus mandible (MLD 2)

Australopithecus africanus mandible (MLD 2)
Mandible and teeth of an adolescent male (of about 12 years) Australopithecus africanus discovered at Makapansgat by A.R. Hughes and S. Kitching in July 1948

Background imageAfricanus Collection: LAELIUS, Gaius (ca. 235-170 BC). Roman consul

LAELIUS, Gaius (ca. 235-170 BC). Roman consul
" LAELIUS, Gaius (ca. 235-170 BC). Roman consul. He accompanied Scipio Africanus in the campaigns of Spain, Sicily and Africa.; CATO The Elder or The Censor, Marcus Porcius (234-149 BC)



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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Africanus: A Journey Through History and Evolution" In the annals of history, one name stands out - Africanus. From ancient battles to groundbreaking discoveries, this captivating figure has left an indelible mark on our collective memory. It all began with Scipio Africanus, a Roman general who etched his name in glory during the Battle of Zama. In a fateful encounter, he faced off against Hannibal, the Carthaginian military genius. This clash forever changed the course of history and solidified Scipio's place as a legendary commander. But Africanus is not confined to warfare alone; it transcends time and space. Traveling back millions of years, we delve into prehistoric times where Australopithecus africanus roamed the Earth alongside its distant cousin Rhodesian Man. These early hominids provide us with vital clues about our evolutionary journey. Fast forward to more recent times, we find ourselves captivated by Mrs. Ples skull – an iconic fossil that sheds light on our human ancestors' origins. With each discovery comes a deeper understanding of our shared heritage and how far we have come. Yet Africanus continues to surprise us with its diverse connections across continents and species. The Warthog Phacochoerus africanus bridges South America and Africa through its presence in both regions – reminding us that nature knows no boundaries. Returning to Scipio Africanus' legacy, we uncover lesser-known chapters in his life: from Antiochus III's noble act of returning his captured son to his relentless pursuit of justice when discovering a military conspiracy threatening Rome itself. As if woven into the fabric of time itself, Africanus remains intertwined with significant moments throughout history – like a missing link connecting past civilizations to present-day knowledge seekers. Finally, let us not forget Gaius Iulius Veris Maximas - Roman Emperor extraordinaire whose portrait reflects the grandeur and influence of Africanus' era.

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