Sextus Lucilius Bassus
Sextus Lucilius Bassus (died 73 AD) was a Roman knight and naval prefect who was promoted to the rank of senator after the four emperors year 69 AD . He is then occupied as a legacy of Judea , where he commanded the Legio X Fretensis in the Jewish War .
Life
The first name of Lucilius Bassus has only been handed down through military diplomas. Under Vitellius he was initially the commander of a cavalry unit and was then simultaneously appointed commander of the two most important Roman fleets in Ravenna and Misenum , which was extraordinary.
After Vespasian had been proclaimed emperor in the east, Lucilius Bassus and Aulus Caecina Alienus sought to defeat Vitellius and hand over the Ravennatic fleet to the Vespasians. This was easily possible, since most of the naval soldiers came from provinces that were already in the hands of Vespasian and that they had previously given to Otho for a long time. But the soldiers appointed Cornelius Fuscus as their commander. Bassus was arrested and taken to Atria . On the orders of the imperial freed Hormuz he was freed and reassigned to his naval command under Vespasian. He was also given back command of the Misenum fleet later, although this fleet had meanwhile also been transferred from Vitellius to Vespasian under its new commandant Claudius Apollinaris.
The military diplomas show that Lucilius Bassus remained in both offices until at least 71. During this time he must have risen to the rank of senator, because he is probably identical with the legatus Augusti pro praetore mentioned in the Jewish War from 72 . In this war, after the fall of Jerusalem, he took the important fortresses of Herodium and Machaerus . He died before the fall of Masada . Lucius Flavius Silva Nonius Bassus was his successor .
literature
- Arthur Stein : Lucilius 22. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIII, 2, Stuttgart 1927, Sp. 1640-1642.
- Werner Eck : Lucilius [II 2] SL Bassus. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 7, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01477-0 , column 465.
- Werner Eck: Sextus Lucilius Bassus, the conqueror of Herodium, in a building inscription from Abu Gosh. In: Scripta Classica Israelica 18, 1999, pp. 109-120.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b and others CIL 16, 15 , CIL 16, 14 .
- ^ Tacitus , Historiae 2, 100-101 .
- ↑ Tacitus, Historiae 3, 12 .
- ↑ Flavius Josephus Bellum Judaicum 7, 163ff.
- ↑ Flavius Josephus, Bellum Judaicum 7, 252.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lucilius Bassus, Sextus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bassus, Sextus Lucilius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman knight and prefect of the fleet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 73 |