Hi! I've rounded up a few previous threads on the Romans and Africa which may be of interest

• What did Ancient Romans know about Sub-Saharan Africa? - a still-active post (i.e. not archived, so you can still comment) with a response from /u/Commustar; /u/mizzamir points out that the Phoenicians may have circumnavigated Africa

• Greek/Roman/Arab trade routes extended down the eastern coast of Africa as far as Zanzibar/Tanzania. Did they ever try and explore further south along the coast? If not, why not? - more discussion on the Phoenician story

• How much did the Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Persian and Roman civilisations know about sub-Saharan Africa? - /u/Tiako reviews the state of knowledge on the region

• How far did the Romans make it into the Sahara and the trade routes to West and East Africa? - /u/Commustar takes a close look at East and West African penetration

• Is there any evidence of the Romans reaching Sub-Shara Africa and below? - /u/pqvarus, /u/Tiako and /u/georgiusflorentius note far reaches of Rome in Africa

• Did the Romans explore the east coast of Africa? - /u/khosikulu discusses Rhapta

• Why didn't Rome conquer the rest of the nile or any of sub-saharan Africa? - /u/khosikulu focuses on obstacles

• Why did the Romans never expand down the western coast of Africa past the area that is now Morocco? - /u/Enrico_Dandolo discusses more challenges in establishing control

Most of these posts have been archived, so if you have follow-up questions for these or any other users, just ask them here and tag their username to notify them