Caecina Decius Maximus Basilius
Caecina Decius Maximus Basilius ( Basilius iunior ) was a Roman politician in the second half of the 5th century AD. In 501 he had already died.
Basil came from the well-known urban Roman family of the Decier, which had grown considerably in influence since Majorian . He was probably a son of Flavius Caecina Decius Basilius , who had held the consulate in 463 , and brother of the consuls of 484 and 486, Decius Marius Venantius Basilius and Caecina Mavortius Basilius Decius, respectively . He himself held the still very prestigious office in 480, where he was the sole consul for the west and the east.
In the year 483 he acted under Odoacer as praefectus praetorio Italiae , already at this point in time he had the honorable title patricius . He owned a house on the Aventine in Rome and took care of circus games, acting as patron of the green circus party. Either he or his father had a permanent seat in the Colosseum .
He had several sons, four of whom were also to hold the consulate: Flavius Albinus iunior (493), Flavius Avienus iunior (501), Flavius Theodorus (505) and Flavius Inportunus (509). This proves the importance of the family in the time of the Goths' rule in Italy.
literature
- Dirk Henning: Periclitans res Publica. Empire and elites in the crisis of the Western Roman Empire, 454 / 5–493 (= Historia individual writings. Volume 133). Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 1999, p. 104.
- John Robert Martindale, John Morris: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1980, ISBN 0-521-20159-4 , p. 217.
Remarks
- ↑ On the involvement in the circus games see Cassiodorus , Variae I 20.
- ↑ CIL VI, 32164
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caecina Decius Maximus Basilius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Junior, Basil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 500 |