Marcus Bassaeus Rufus

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Marcus Bassaeus Rufus was a Roman knight and praetorian prefect under Emperor Mark Aurel from approx. 169 to 179 .

Life

The life dates of Marcus Bassaeus Rufus are largely unknown. Little information about his career can be found in the Historia Augusta and the books of Cassius Dio . He was of low origin and without the usual education. He rose in the army to primus pilus , reached procuratures in Spain , Noricum and Gaul / Germania . He became a rationibus , praefectus vigilum , praefectus Aegypti 168/169 and praefectus praetorio 169 to 179 AD. He was awarded the ornamenta consularia , and after death with three statues in Rome.

literature

  • Werner Eck : Bassaeus. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 , Sp. 297.
  • Karol Kłodziński: Equestrian cursus honorum basing on the careers of two prominent officers of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. In: In Tempore , 2010, pp. 1–15 ( online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cass. Dio 71,5, 2f.
  2. ↑ CIL 6, 1599 .
predecessor Office successor
Gaius Septicius Clarus Prefect of the Roman Province of Egypt
168–169 		Gaius Calvisius Statianus
personal data
SURNAME Bassaeus Rufus, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Praetorian Prefect
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH after 179