Decius Marius Venantius Basilius
Decius Marius Venantius Basilius (floruit 484) was a Roman official under Odoacer's rule.
Biography
He was the son of Caecina Decius Basilius and the brother of Caecina Mavortius Basilius Decius and of Caecina Decius Maximus Basilius, all of them Consuls. Basilius Venantius iunior, Consul in 508, was probably his son.
Basilius was Praefectus urbi and Consul in 484, with Theoderic the Great as colleague.
He financed the restoration of the damages made by an earthquake to the Colosseum of Rome; two inscriptions are still extant, reading (CIL VI, 1716 b and c):
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Bibliography
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- Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, "Decius Marius Venantius Basilius 13", The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-521-07233-6, p. 218.
Preceded by
Anicius Acilius Aginatius Faustus,
Post consulatum Trocundis (East) |
Consul of the Roman Empire 484 with Fl. Theodericus |
Succeeded by Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus, Post consulatum Theoderici (East) |
Preceded by
unknown, possibly Anicius Acilius Aginantius Faustus
|
Praefectus urbi of Rome 484 |
Succeeded by Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus |