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Junius Bassus (consul)

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

Iunius Annius Bassus (fl. 318-331) was an ancient Roman politician. 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 dedicated to him. His son Junius Bassus was praefectus urbi.

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 0192842013, p. 192.
  • Martindale, John Robert, and Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1971, ISBN 0521072336, pp. 154-155.
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