Septimus or Septimius may refer to:
Romans
editPeople in Ancient Rome:
- Septimus (praenomen), a praenomen or Roman personal name
- Septimia gens, an ancient Roman family
- Lucius Septimius, one of the assassins of Pompey the Great (d. 48 BC).
- Septimius Severus, Roman general and emperor from AD 193 to 211
- L. Septimius Bassianus, better known as Caracalla, the elder son of Septimius Severus, emperor from 198 to 217
- P. Septimius Geta, the younger son of Septimius Severus, emperor from 209 to 211
- Septimius (usurper), a usurper proclaimed emperor in 271 during the reign of Aurelian
- St Septimus (d. 303), martyred with SS Felix, Januarius, Fortunatus, and Audactus
- Septimius Acindynus, consul in 340
- Lucius Septimius (Roman governor), 4th century governor of Britannia Prima
- Q. Septimius Florens Tertullianus (c. 155– c. 240 AD), better known as Tertullian, theologian
- St Septimius of Iesi (died 307), bishop and saint
Palmyrenes
editPeople from the Palmyrene Empire:
- Septimius Odaenathus, first Palmyrene king (d. 267).
- Septimius Antiochus, last Palmyrene emperor (re. 273).
- Septimius Worod, Palmyrene viceroy (fl. 266).
- Septimius Zabdas, commander of the Palmyrene armies (d. 272).
People with the given name
edit- Septimus Aspinall (1907–1976), English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
- Septimus Atterbury (1880–1964), English football player
- Septimus Francom (1882–1965), British long-distance runner
- Septimus J. Hanna, American Civil War veteran and a judge in the Old West
- Septimus Holmes Godson (1799–1877), British barrister
- Septimus Kaikai, Sierra Leonean politician and broadcaster
- Frederick Septimus Kelly (1881–1916), Australian rower, musician, composer
- Septimus Kinneir (1871–1928), English cricketer
- Sep Lambert, Septimus Drummond "Sep" Lambert, Irish cricketer
- Septimus Norris, (1818–1862) American mechanical engineer and steam locomotive designer
- Septimus Orion, a music recording project
- Septimus Ridsdale (1840–1884), English first-class cricketer
- Septimus Robinson (1710–1765), British Army officer
- John Septimus Roe, first Surveyor-General of Western Australia
- Septimus Rutherford (1907–1975), English footballer
- Septimus Edwin Scott, (1879–1965), English painter
- Septimus Winner, (1827-1902), 19th-century American songwriter
- Septimus Warwick (1881–1953), British architect
Fictional people
edit- Septim, a number of characters and entities in The Elder Scrolls game series
- Septimus Bean and His Amazing Machine, a children's book
- Septimus Heap, a series of books by Angie Sage, as well as the main character in the series
- Septimus Warren Smith, a character in Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway
- Doctor Septimus Pretorius, a fictional character in the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein
- Septimus (Stardust), a fictional character in Neil Gaiman's novel Stardust
- Septimus Hodge of Tom Stoppard's play Arcadia
- Septimus Harding, the eponymous protagonist of Anthony Trollope's The Warden
- Septimus Weasley, Ron Weasley's paternal grandfather in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
- Septimus Dix, the title character of the novel Septimus, by William John Locke
Others
edit- Septimus (horse)
- All pages with titles containing Septimus
- Septimania, historical region in modern-day France