Lucius Minucius Basilus (died summer 43 BC) was a military commander and politician of the late

Roman Republic The Roman Republic ( ) was the era of Ancient Rome, classical Roman civilisation beginning with Overthrow of the Roman monarchy, the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establis ...

, a trusted associate of

Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...

, who later participated in

Caesar's assassination Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, was assassinated on the Ides of March (15 March) 44 BC by a group of senators during a Senate session at the Curia of Pompey, located within the Theatre of Pompey in Rome. The conspirators, numbering be ...

. It was to Basilus that

Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises tha ...

wrote his first excited note after hearing of the assassination of Caesar. In the notes to Cicero's ''Selected Letters'', Basilus is described: Basilus, denied a provincial command despite being a praetor, was insulted that Caesar tried to placate him with money, causing him to join the conspiracy. In 43 BC, he was killed by some of his own slaves whom he had punished by mutilation. He should probably be distinguished from L. Minucius Basilus, who took the name (instead of M. Satrius) on his adoption by a rich uncle, ndmentioned as assuming by force the position of '' patronus'' over certain towns in Italy.

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1st-century BC Romans Ancient Roman generals Ancient Roman murder victims Correspondents of Cicero Basilus, Lucius Assassins of Julius Caesar 1st-century BC births Year of birth unknown 43 BC deaths {{AncientRome-politician-stub

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