Bassus
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Bassus is a Latin
adjective meaning "thick, fat, stumpy, short" and may refer to:
It was also the name of:
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Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
adjective meaning "thick, fat, stumpy, short" and may refer to:
- Bassus (wasp), a braconid wasp genus
It was also the name of:
- Anicius Auchenius Bassus (ca 325 - aft. 385), Prefect of Rome
- Anicius Auchenius BassusAnicius Auchenius Bassus (consul 408)Anicius Auchenius Bassus was a politician of the Roman Empire.In 408 he was appointed consul. According to B.L. Twyman, he represents the "mainline" of the gens Anicia....
, consul in 408 - Anicius Auchenius BassusAnicius Auchenius Bassus (consul 431)Flavius Anicius Auchenius Bassus was a high official of the Western Roman Empire. He was appointed as consul by the Western court with Antiochus Chuzon as a colleague...
, consul in 431 - Aufidius BassusAufidius BassusAufidius Bassus was a Roman historian who lived in the reign of Tiberius.His work, which probably began with the civil wars or the death of Caesar, was continued by the elder Pliny. The elder Pliny carried it down at least as far as the end of Nero's reign...
, Roman historian who lived in the reign of Tiberius - Caesius BassusCaesius BassusCaesius Bassus was a Roman lyric poet, who lived in the reign of Nero.He was the intimate friend of Persius, who dedicated his sixth satire to him, and whose works be edited . He is said to have lost his life in the eruption of Vesuvius . He had a great reputation as a poet; Quintilian Caesius...
, Roman lyric poet, who lived in the reign of Nero, died when Vesuvius erupted - Gaius Julius Quadratus BassusGaius Julius Quadratus BassusGaius Julius Quadratus Bassus , a Romanized Galatian, was a Legate at Judaea between 102/103 and 104/105, Consul of Rome in 105 and Proconsul of Asia in 105. He was the son of Gaius Julius Bassus, Proconsul in Bithynia in 98....
(70–117), a Romanized Galatian, a Legate at Judaea, Consul of Rome, Proconsul of Asia - Cassianus BassusCassianus BassusCassianus Bassus, called Scholasticus was one of the geoponici — the group of writers on agricultural subjects.He lived at the end of the 6th or the beginning of the 7th century. He compiled from earlier writers a collection of agricultural literature; the principal source was Vindonius Anatolius...
(fl. late 6th/early 7th century), called Scholasticus (lawyer), one of the geoponici - the group of writers on agricultural subjects - Gaius Julius BassusGaius Julius BassusGaius Julius Bassus was a Consul Suffect in 99 and a Proconsul of Bithynia and Pontus in 98 or between 100 and 101, before Pliny the Younger who either prosecuted or defended him afterwards. He was the younger son of Gaius Julius Severus Gaius Julius Bassus (ca 45 - aft. 101) was a Consul Suffect...
(ca 45 - aft. 101), Consul Suffect in 99 and Proconsul of Bithynia and Pontus in 98 or between 100 and 101 - Titus Pomponius Bassus, governor of GalatiaGalatiaAncient Galatia was an area in the highlands of central Anatolia in modern Turkey. Galatia was named for the immigrant Gauls from Thrace , who settled here and became its ruling caste in the 3rd century BC, following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC. It has been called the "Gallia" of...
and CappadociaCappadociaCappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevşehir Province.In the time of Herodotus, the Cappadocians were reported as occupying the whole region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine...
in the reign of TrajanTrajanTrajan , was Roman Emperor from 98 to 117 AD. Born into a non-patrician family in the province of Hispania Baetica, in Spain Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian. Serving as a legatus legionis in Hispania Tarraconensis, in Spain, in 89 Trajan supported the emperor against...
98-117 - Gaius Pomponius Bassus Terentianus, a suffect consul around 193
- Pomponius Bassus (consul 211)Pomponius Bassus (consul 211)Pomponius Bassus was a Roman Senator that lived in the Roman Empire.The father of Pomponius Bassus was probably Gaius Pomponius Bassus Terentianus , who served as a suffect consul around 193 and the name of his mother is unknown....
, son to the above - Pomponius Bassus (consul 259 & 271)Pomponius Bassus (consul 259 & 271)Pomponius Bassus was a Roman Senator of Anatolian descent who lived in the Roman Empire.Bassus was of Italian Roman, Pontian Greek ancestry, who came from a distinguished senatorial family...
, son to the above - Junius Annius BassusJunius Annius BassusIunius Annius Bassus was an ancient Roman politician.- Life :He served as praetorian prefect from 318 to 331, during which time he also held the consulate - many of the laws in the Codex Theodosianus are addressed to him...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
318-331), an ancient Roman politician - Junius BassusJunius BassusIunius Bassus signo Theotecnius was an ancient Roman politician. The son of the praetorian prefect Junius Annius Bassus, he was vir clarissimus and vicarius of Rome as well as praefectus urbi from 25 March to 25 August 359. The important Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus shows him to have been a...
(June 317 - 25 August 359), an ancient Roman politician - Lucilius BassusLucilius BassusLucilius Bassus was a Roman legatus appointed by Emperor Vespasian to the Iudaea Province in 71 AD. Assigned to finish off the last remnants of the Great Jewish Revolt in the province, he led the legion Legio X Fretensis, destroying the Jewish strongholds Herodium and Machaerus on their march to...
, Roman legatus appointed by Emperor Vespasian to the Iudaea Province in 71 AD - Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Rufinus Manilius BassusLucius Caesonius Ovinius Rufinus Manilius BassusLucius Caesonius Ovinius Rufinus Manilius Bassus , was a Consul in 280. He was the son of Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinus and wife Manilia Lucilla , paternal grandson of Gaius Caesonius and maternal grandson of Tiberius Manilius Fuscus and wife Flavia Pollitta Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Rufinus...
(or Rufinius) (ca 250 - aft. 285), a Consul in 280 - Lucius Valerius Septimius BassusLucius Valerius Septimius BassusLucius Valerius Septimius Bassus was a Praefectus Urbi Romae in 379 or 383.He was the son of Lucius Valerius Maximus Basilius and first wife Septimia....
(ca 328 - aft. 379), a Pagan and a Praefectus Urbi - Publius Ventidius BassusPublius Ventidius BassusPublius Ventidius Bassus, or in full, Publius Ventidius Publii filius Bassus, "Publius Ventidius, Publius's son, Bassus" was a Roman general and one of Julius Caesar's protégés...
, Roman general and one of Julius Caesar's protégées - Saleius BassusSaleius BassusSaleius Bassus was a Roman epic poet. He lived during the reign of Vespasian, being a contemporary of Gaius Valerius Flaccus.Quintilian credited him with a vigorous and poetical genius and Julius Secundus, one of the speakers in Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus styles him a perfect poet and most...
, Roman epic poet during the reign of Vespasian; a contemporary of Gaius Valerius Flaccus - Septimius BassusSeptimius BassusSeptimius Bassus was a Roman politician.Bassus was born in a senatorial family, the son of Lucius Septimius Severus and wife Pomponia Bassa . His paternal grandfather was Lucius Septimius ... , of the Gens Septimia, while his maternal grandparents were the Roman Senator Pomponius Bassus and the...
(ca 270 - aft. 319), a Pagan and a Praefectus Urbi
See also
- Basilica of Junius BassusBasilica of Junius BassusThe Basilica of Junius Bassus was a civil basilica on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, on a site now occupied by the Seminario Pontificio di Studi Orientali, in via Napoleone III, 3. It is best known for its examples of opus sectile work.-History:It was built by Junius Annius Bassus in 331 during his...
, a civil basilica on the Esquiline Hill in Rome - Sarcophagus of Junius BassusSarcophagus of Junius BassusThe Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus is a marble Early Christian sarcophagus used for the burial of Junius Bassus, who died in 359. It has been described as "probably the single most famous piece of early Christian relief sculpture." The sarcophagus was originally placed in or under Old St...
, early Christian Sarcophagus used by Junius Bassus