Septimius Bassus was a Roman politician

Roman Empire

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Bassus was born in a senatorial family, the son of Lucius Septimius Severus (b. c. 245) and wife Pomponia Bassa (born c. 250). His paternal grandfather was Lucius Septimius ... (b. c. 210), of the Gens Septimia

Septimia (gens)

The gens Septimia was a plebeian family at Rome. The gens first appears in history towards the close of the Republic, and they did not achieve much importance until the latter half of the 2nd century, when Lucius Septimius Severus obtained the imperial dignity.-Origin of the gens:The nomen...

, while his maternal grandparents were the Roman Senator

Roman Senate

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 Pomponius Bassus

Pomponius Bassus (consul 259 & 271)

Pomponius Bassus was a Roman Senator of Anatolian descent who lived in the Roman Empire.Bassus was of Italian Roman, Pontian Greek ancestry, who came from a distinguished senatorial family...

 and the noblewoman Pomponia Gratidia. Bassus through his maternal grandfather was a descendant of the Roman Emperor

Roman Emperor

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 Marcus Aurelius, Roman Empress Faustina the Younger

Faustina the Younger

Annia Galeria Faustina Minor , Faustina Minor or Faustina the Younger was a daughter of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and Roman Empress Faustina the Elder. She was a Roman Empress and wife to her maternal cousin Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius...

 and is probably last known descendant of the former ruling Nerva–Antonine dynasty of the Roman Empire

Roman Empire

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Bassus 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...

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 married an unknown woman and had a daughter Septimia, born c. 305, first wife of Lucius Valerius Maximus Basilius

Lucius Valerius Maximus Basilius

Lucius Valerius Maximus Basilius was a Praefectus Urbi Romae between 319 and 321.He was the son of Lucius Valerius Messalla and wife.He married the daughter of Septimius Bassus and had a son Lucius Valerius Maximus Basilius....

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