Septimus
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Septimus or Septimius may refer to:
- Septimus (praenomen)Septimus (praenomen)Septimus is a Latin praenomen, or personal name. It was never particularly common at Rome, but it gave rise to the patronymic gens Septimia. The feminine form is Septima. The name was not regularly abbreviated....
, a Latin praenomen, or personal name - Septimius, the nomen of the Roman gens SeptimiaSeptimia (gens)The gens Septimia was a plebeian family at Rome. The gens first appears in history towards the close of the Republic, and they did not achieve much importance until the latter half of the 2nd century, when Lucius Septimius Severus obtained the imperial dignity.-Origin of the gens:The nomen...
Romans
- Lucius SeptimiusLucius SeptimiusLucius Septimius was an Ancient Roman soldier stationed in Egypt in the 1st century BC. He is remembered by history as one of the assassins of Pompey the Great....
, one of the assassins of Pompey the Great (d. 48 BC). - Septimius SeverusSeptimius SeverusSeptimius Severus , also known as Severus, was Roman Emperor from 193 to 211. Severus was born in Leptis Magna in the province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the customary succession of offices under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Severus seized power after the death of...
, Lucius Septimius Severus, Roman general, and emperor from AD 193 to 211 - Lucius Septimius Bassianus, better known as CaracallaCaracallaCaracalla , was Roman emperor from 198 to 217. The eldest son of Septimius Severus, he ruled jointly with his younger brother Geta until he murdered the latter in 211...
, the elder son of Septimius Severus, emperor from AD 198 to 217 - Publius Septimius GetaPublius Septimius GetaGeta , was a Roman Emperor co-ruling with his father Septimius Severus and his older brother Caracalla from 209 to his death.-Early life:Geta was the younger son of Septimius Severus by his second wife Julia Domna...
, the younger son of Septimius Severus, emperor from 209 to 211 - Septimius (Roman emperor usurper), or Septiminus, a usurper, proclaimed emperor in 271, during the reign of Aurelian
- Septimius AcindynusSeptimius AcindynusSeptimius Acindynus was a Roman consul with Valerius Proculus in 340. He was governor of Antioch when, a man being ordered by him to pay a pound of gold into the public treasury, was unable to comply, and was put into prison. To release him, with his own sanction, his wife "listened to the...
, consul in 340 - Lucius Septimius, governor of Britannia PrimaBritannia PrimaBritannia Prima was one of the provinces of Roman Britain in existence by c. 312 AD. It was probably created as part of the administrative reforms of the Roman Emperor Diocletian after the defeat of the usurper Allectus by Constantius Chlorus in 296 AD. In the 3rd century, the Romans created...
in the latter fourth century AD. - TertullianTertullianQuintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, anglicised as Tertullian , was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He is the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature. He also was a notable early Christian apologist and...
, Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, early Christian writer, who exposited the doctrine of the Trinity
Modern people
- Septimus AtterburySeptimus AtterburySeptimus Atterbury was an English footballer who played as a full back.A full back, Atterbury is best remembered for thirty years of service that he gave to Plymouth Argyle as a player and then a coach....
(born 1880), football (soccer) player - Septimus J. HannaSeptimus J. HannaSeptimus J. Hanna, C.S.D. , an American Civil War veteran and a judge in the Old West, was a student of Mary Baker Eddy, who was the discover and founder of Christian Science. He was a Christian Science healer/practitioner, lecturer, teacher and president of the Church's Massachusetts Metaphysical...
, American Civil War veteran and a judge in the Old West - Septimus KaikaiSeptimus KaikaiSeptimus Kaikai is a Sierra Leonean politician and broadcaster, he served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting from 2002-2007 in former president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's second term in office. Kaikai is a member of the Mende ethnic group and a native of Kailahun District in Eastern Sierra...
, Sierra Leonean politician and broadcaster - Sep LambertSep LambertSeptimus Drummond "Sep" Lambert was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he played 14 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1896 and 1921, including seven first-class matches.Lambert was educated at Rathmines School and Wesley College in Dublin and at St John's...
, Septimus Drummond "Sep" Lambert, Irish cricketer - Septimus NorrisSeptimus NorrisSeptimus Norris was an American mechanical engineer and steam locomotive designer. He was the youngest of three brothers all active in the field — his eldest brother William Norris founded the Norris Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Richard Norris took over the firm in about...
, (1818–1862) American mechanical engineer and steam locomotive designer - Septimus OrionSeptimus OrionSeptimus Orion is a recording project initiated with the release of its first studio album CAGED in August 2008. The album includes an audio version of Clifford Meth's short story Queers. This short story was originally published in god's 15 minutes by Aardwolf Publishing. Celtic Frost drummer Reed...
, a music recording project - John Septimus RoeJohn Septimus RoeJohn Septimus Roe was the first Surveyor-General of Western Australia. He was a renowned explorer, and a Member of Western Australia's Legislative and Executive Councils for nearly 40 years.-Early life:...
, first Surveyor-General of Western Australia - Septimus Edwin ScottSeptimus Edwin ScottSeptimus Edwin Scott was a member of the Royal Watercolour Society and his pictures were shown in the Royal Academy.His art was probably most widely known through railway company posters such as one for the London & North Eastern Railway to advertise rail services to Newcastle's North East Coast...
, (1879–1965) English painter - Septimus WinnerSeptimus WinnerSeptimus Winner is best known as a songwriter of the nineteenth century. He used his own name, and also the pseudonyms Alice Hawthorne, Percy Guyer, Mark Mason, Apsley Street, and Paul Stenton...
, 19th century songwriter
Fictional people
- Septimus Bean and His Amazing MachineSeptimus Bean and His Amazing MachineSeptimus Bean and His Amazing Machine is a children's book written by Janet Quin-Harkin and illustrated by Art Cumings in 1979...
, a children's book - Septimus HeapSeptimus HeapSeptimus Heap is a series of fantasy novels featuring a protagonist of the same name written by English author Angie Sage. Six novels, entitled Magyk, Flyte, Physik, Queste, Syren and Darke, have been published, the first in 2005 and the most recent in 2011...
, a series of books by Angie Sage, as well as the main character in the series - Septimus Smith, a character in Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs DallowayMrs DallowayMrs Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway in post-World War I England. It is one of Woolf's best-known novels....
- Doctor Septimus PretoriusDoctor Septimus PretoriusSeptimus Pretorius is a fictional character who appears in the Universal film Bride of Frankenstein . He is played by British stage and film actor Ernest Thesiger. Some sources claim he was originally to have been played by Bela Lugosi or Claude Rains...
, is a fictional character in the Universal film Bride of Frankenstein - Septimus (Stardust), a fictional character in Neil Gaiman's novel, Stardust
- Septimus Weasley, a fictional character in the Harry Potter series
- Septimus Hodge of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia (play)Arcadia (play)Arcadia is a 1993 play by Tom Stoppard concerning the relationship between past and present and between order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge...