Sextus Caecilius Africanus (died ca. 169/175) was an ancient Roman jurist and a pupil of

Salvius Julianus Lucius Octavius Cornelius Publius Salvius Iulianus Aemilianus (c. 110 – c. 170), generally referred to as Salvius Julianus, or Julian the Jurist, or simply Julianus, was a well known and respected jurist, public official, and politician who ser ...

. Only one quote ( Dig. 30,39 pr.) remains of his '' Epistulae'' of at least twenty books. Excerpts of his '' Quaestiones'', a collection of legal cases in no particular order in nine books, are also reproduced in the Digests. The ''Quaestiones'' are most likely intended for use in legal education. They also appear to be closely connected to Julianus' work, who is often cited in them; it is assumed that he decided the majority of these cases. Nonetheless, Caecilius at times also expresses his own opinion of Julianus, including critically (Dig. 19,2,33). Another Sextus Caecilius is suspected by some sources to be a distinct Roman jurist, not to be confused with Africanus."CAECILIUS"
, Smith's ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', p. 527

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology The ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'' (1849, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary. Edited by William Smith, the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 ...

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2nd-century births 2nd-century deaths Ancient Roman jurists 2nd-century Romans 2nd-century writers Africanus, Sextus {{AncientRome-law-bio-stub

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