Anicius Auchenius Bassus (consul 431)
Introduction '''Flavius Anicius Auchenius Bassus''' (''fl''. 425–435) was a high official of the Western Roman Empire. He was appointed as consul by the Western court with Antiochus Chuzon as a colleague. In 435 he held for the second time the office of praetorian prefect of Italy.
Biography Bassus belonged to the noble ''gens'' Anicia; his father was the Anicius Auchenius Bassus who was consul in 408.In 425 he held the rank of ''comes rerum privatarum'' at the Western court; the following year was praetorian prefect, perhaps of Italy.He made accusations against Pope Sixtus III; when Emperor Valentinian III learned of these accusations, he ordered a synod to be convoked, at which the accusations were investigated and the Pope cleared by 56 bishops.
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Bibliography * John Robert Martindale, Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, John Morris, "Fl. Anicius Auchenius Bassus 8", ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire'', Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1992, , pp. 220–221.