Septimius Bassus

Septimius Bassus (fl. 317–319) was a Roman politician, and a member of the Septimia gens.

Bassus was born in a senatorial family, the son of Lucius Septimius Severus (b. c. 245) and his wife, Pomponia Bassa (born c. 250). His paternal grandfather was Lucius Septimius (b. c. 210), while his maternal grandparents were the Roman Senator Pomponius Bassus and the noblewoman Pomponia Gratidia. Through his maternal grandfather, Bassus was a descendant of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, Roman empress Faustina the Younger and of the former ruling Nerva–Antonine dynasty of the Roman Empire.

Bassus was praefectus urbi of Rome between 317 (he is attested in office on May 15) until 319 (at least until September 1). Between July 13 and August 13, 318, he was at court; for this reason he was substituted by Julius Cassius.

He had a daughter, Septimia, born c. 305, who was the first wife of Lucius Valerius Maximus Basilius.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Septimius Bassus

16. Septimius[anc 1]

8. Gaius Septimius Severus Aper

4. Lucius Septimius (210–?)

2. Lucius Septimius Severus (245–?)

1. Septimius Bassus

24. Gaius Pomponius Bassus Terentianus

12. Pomponius Bassus

6. Pomponius Bassus

26. Tiberius Claudius Severus Proculus

13. Annia Aurelia Faustina

27. Annia Faustina

3. Pomponia Bassa (250–?)

7. Pomponia Gratidia

This Septimius was probably a son of Publius Septimius Aper, suffect consul in 153 and the first-cousin of Publius Septimius Geta (father of Septimius Severus).

References

"Septimius Bassus 19", Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-521-07233-6, p. 157.

Political offices
Preceded by Ovinius Gallicanus	Praefectus urbi of Rome May 317 – September 319	Succeeded by Valerius Maximus Basilius

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[1] This Septimius was probably a son of Publius Septimius Aper, suffect consul in 153 and the first-cousin of Publius Septimius Geta (father of Septimius Severus).