Anicius Auchenius Bassus (fl. 408) was a politician of the Roman Empire

Roman Empire

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In 408 he was appointed consul. According to B.L. Twyman, he represents the "mainline" of the gens Anicia

Anicia (gens)

The gens Anicia was a plebeian family at Rome, mentioned first towards the end of the 4th century BC The first of the Anicii under to achieve prominence under the Republic was Lucius Anicius Gallus, who conducted the war against the Illyrii during the Third Macedonian War, in 168 BC.A noble family...

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Bassus was probably the son of the Anicius Auchenius Bassus who was praefectus urbi

Praefectus urbi

The praefectus urbanus or praefectus urbi, in English the urban prefect, was prefect of the city of Rome, and later also of Constantinople. The office originated under the Roman kings, continued during the Republic and Empire, and held high importance in late Antiquity...

in 382-383 and of Turrenia Honorata. He had a son, also called Anicius Auchenius Bassus

Anicius Auchenius Bassus (consul 431)

Flavius Anicius Auchenius Bassus was a high official of the Western Roman Empire. He was appointed as consul by the Western court with Antiochus Chuzon as a colleague...

, consul in 431. He wrote the epigraph on the tomb of Monica

Saint Monica

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, Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo

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's mother. The actual stone on which it was written was rediscovered in 1945 in the church of Santa Aurea

Santa Aurea

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, in Ostia Antica

Ostia Antica

Ostia Antica is a large archeological site, close to the modern suburb of Ostia , that was the location of the harbour city of ancient Rome, which is approximately 30 km to the northeast. "Ostia" in Latin means "mouth". At the mouth of the River Tiber, Ostia was Rome's seaport, but, due to...

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