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

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post- Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediter ...

. In 408 he was appointed consul. According to B.L. Twyman, he represents the "mainline" of the ''gens'' Anicia. Bassus was probably the son of the Anicius Auchenius Bassus who was ''

praefectus urbi The ''praefectus urbanus'', also called ''praefectus urbi'' or urban prefect in English, 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, an ...

'' in 382-383 and of Turrenia Honorata. He had a son, also called Anicius Auchenius Bassus, consul in 431. He wrote the epigraph for the tomb of Monica, Augustine of Hippo's mother. The actual stone on which it was written was rediscovered in 1945 in the church of Santa Aurea, in

Ostia Antica Ostia Antica ("Ancient Ostia") is a large archaeological site, close to the modern town of Ostia, that is the location of the harbour city of ancient Rome, 25 kilometres (15 miles) southwest of Rome. "Ostia" (plur. of "ostium") is a derivation ...

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, John Morris, "Anicius Auchenius Bassus 7", ''

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'', Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1992, , pp. 219–220. {{DEFAULTSORT:Anicius Auchenius Bassus (408) 5th-century Romans 5th-century Roman consuls Auchenius Bassus (408) Imperial Roman consuls