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[[File:Pannelli di giunio basso 03.1.jpg|thumb|300px|Junius Bassus in a chariot, ''[[opus sectile]]'' panel from the [[basilica of Junius Bassus]] on the [[Esquiline Hill]]]]
[[File:Pannelli di giunio basso 03.1.jpg|thumb|300px|Junius Bassus in a chariot, ''[[opus sectile]]'' panel from the [[basilica of Junius Bassus]] on the [[Esquiline Hill]]]]


'''Iunius Annius Bassus''' was a [[praetorian prefect]] of the [[Roman Empire]] from 318 to 331, during which time he also held the [[Roman consul|consulate]]. Several laws in the ''[[Codex Theodosianus]]'' are addressed to him. His son [[Junius Bassus]] was ''[[praefectus urbi]]'', and [[Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus|his sarcophagus]] from 359 CE is one of the most decorative late antique sarcophagi adorned with two registers of Christian scenes.
'''Junius Annius Bassus''' was a [[praetorian prefect]] of the [[Roman Empire]] from 318 to 331, during which time he also held the [[Roman consul|consulate]]. Several laws in the ''[[Codex Theodosianus]]'' are addressed to him. His son [[Junius Bassus Theotecnius]] was ''[[praefectus urbi]]'', and [[Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus|his sarcophagus]] from 359 is one of the most decorative late antique sarcophagi adorned with two registers of Christian scenes.


He built the [[basilica of Junius Bassus]] on the [[Esquiline Hill]] in [[Rome]], famous for its ''[[opus sectile]]'' decoration.
He built the [[basilica of Junius Bassus]] on the [[Esquiline Hill]] in [[Rome]], famous for its ''[[opus sectile]]'' decoration.
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Revision as of 17:46, 2 March 2021

Junius Bassus in a chariot, opus sectile panel from the basilica of Junius Bassus on the Esquiline Hill

Junius Annius Bassus was a praetorian prefect of the Roman Empire from 318 to 331, during which time he also held the consulate. Several laws in the Codex Theodosianus are addressed to him. His son Junius Bassus Theotecnius was praefectus urbi, and his sarcophagus from 359 is one of the most decorative late antique sarcophagi adorned with two registers of Christian scenes.

He built the basilica of Junius Bassus on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, famous for its opus sectile decoration.

Bibliography

  • Elsner, J.R., Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450, Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-19-284201-3, p. 192.
  • Martindale, John Robert, and Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-521-07233-6, pp. 154–155.
Political offices
Preceded by Roman consul
331
With: Ablabius
Succeeded by
Preceded by
unknown
Praetorian prefect of Italy
318-331
Succeeded by
unknown