The Nicene Age · AD 313–400 · External witness
Sextus of Thamugadi
fl. 13 December 320 (death unrecorded) · Secretary of the court of Numidia · Cirta (Constantina), Numidia
External witness
Who Sextus of Thamugadi was
The court secretary who took down the proceedings at Silvanus’ trial — named in the opening protocol, and therefore the man to whom the survival of the whole document is owed. Distinct from Sextus Julius Africanus.
Named once, in the Gesta apud Zenophilum — the Cirta records of 19 May 303 and 13 December 320; no other ancient source names him.
Also listed in non-christian witnesses.
Common questions
When was Sextus active?
Sextus of Thamugadi is dated fl. 13 December 320 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Sextus in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400).
Which early sources mention Sextus?
Sextus of Thamugadi is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Gesta apud Zenophilum. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Sextus from?
The archive associates Sextus of Thamugadi with Cirta (Constantina), Numidia. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.
Who were Sextus’ contemporaries?
The archive links Sextus of Thamugadi to 2 other figures, including Domitius Zenophilus and Nundinarius. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (1)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
The trial before Domitius Zenophilus, 13 December 320
c. AD 320In the consulship of Constantine Maximus Augustus and Constantine the younger the most noble Caesar, on the thirteenth of December, Sextus of Thamagudi being the secretary…Gesta apud Zenophilum · Gesta apud Zenophilum, trial of 13 December 320 · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 250 · The Decian persecution, AD 250
- AD 251 · The Novatianist schism, AD 251
- AD 257 · The Valerian persecution, AD 257
- AD 260 · Gallienus’ edict of toleration, AD 260
- AD 268 · Antioch deposes Paul of Samosata, AD 268
- AD 272 · Aurelian awards the Antioch church, AD 272
- AD 301 · Hripsime and her company, AD 301
- AD 303 · The Great Persecution begins, AD 303
- AD 303 · The search of the church at Cirta, AD 303
- AD 306 · The Council of Elvira, AD 306
- AD 311 · Galerius’ edict of Serdica, AD 311
- AD 313 · The Edict of Milan, AD 313
- AD 314 · The Council of Arles, AD 314
- AD 320 · Silvanus tried before Zenophilus, AD 320
Place
Places served
The 2 places the sources put Sextus, in the order the record moves through them. This is what the sources attest, not a reconstructed route.