Anicius Auchenius Bassus (consul 408)
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Anicius Auchenius[1] Bassus (fl. 408) was a politician of the Roman Empire. In 408 he was appointed consul.[2] According to B.L. Twyman, he represents the "mainline" of the gens Anicia.[3]
Bassus was probably the son of the Anicius Auchenius Bassus who was praefectus urbi in 382-383 and of Turrenia Honorata. He had a son, also called Anicius Auchenius Bassus, consul in 431.[4] He wrote the epigraph on the tomb of Monica, Augustine of Hippo's mother.[5] The actual stone on which it was written was rediscovered in 1945 in the church of Santa Aurea, in Ostia Antica.[6]
Notes []
- ^ In one inscription (CIL IX, 1364) he is called "Euge(nius) Bassus".
- ^ CIL V, 6282; Zosimus, V.28.1; Sozomen, IX.1.1.
- ^ B.L. Twyman, "Aetius and the Aristocracy", Historia 19 (1970), p. 484
- ^ Martindale.
- ^ Anthologia latina I.670; the identification is supported by Martindale.
- ^ "Church of Sant'Aurea". Ostia-Antica.org. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
Bibliography []
- John Robert Martindale, Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, John Morris, "Anicius Auchenius Bassus 7", The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-521-20159-4 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK], pp. 219-220.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Honorius, Theodosius II |
Consul of the Roman Empire 408 with Flavius Philippus |
Succeeded by Honorius, Theodosius II, Constantine III |
