Lucius Valerius Septimius Bassus

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Inscription in the Roman Forum, dedicated by Lucius Valerius Septimius Bassus, praefectus urbi of Rome in 379 or 383

Lucius Valerius Septimius Bassus (c. 328 - aft. 379 or 383) was a Roman politician.

He was the son of Lucius Valerius Maximus Basilius and first wife Septimia.

He was praefectus urbi Romae under the emperors Gratian, Valentinian II and Theodosius I, between 379 (the year of Thedosius's ascension) and 383 (the year of Gratian's death).

He possible married Adelphia, daughter of Clodius Celsinus Adelphius and wife Faltonia Betitia Proba, and had a son named Valerius Adelphius Bassus.

References

  • Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-521-07233-6, pp. 723–724.

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