Julius Africanus was a celebrated orator in the reign of Nero,[1] and seems to have been the son of the Julius Africanus, of the Gallic state of the Santoni (in present-day France), who was condemned by Tiberius in 32 AD.
[2] Quintilian, who had heard Julius Africanus, spoke of him and Domitius Afer as the best orators of their time.
The eloquence of Africanus was chiefly characterized by vehemence and energy.
[3][4] Pliny the Younger mentions a grandson of this Julius Africanus, who was also an advocate and was opposed to him upon one occasion.
However, being the son of a Gallic chief he was a member of a Celtic tribe.