About Anicius Auchenius Bassus
Lived 350 – 408 (aged 57–58). Anicius Auchenius Bassus was a Roman politician.
Anicius Auchenius Bassus (fl. 408) 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.
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. He wrote the epigraph for the tomb of Monica, Augustine of Hippo's mother. The actual stone on which it was written was rediscovered in 1945 in the church of Santa Aurea, in Ostia Antica.
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Roman politician, consul 408
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Anicius Auchenius Bassus was born in 350.
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Anicius Auchenius Bassus died in 408.
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Anicius Auchenius Bassus was a politician.
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