Decius Marius Venantius Basilius
(Caecina) Decius Marius Venantius Basilius (fl. 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 Caecina Decius Maximus Basilius, all Roman consuls. Basilius Venantius, consul in 508, was probably his son.
Venantius was Praefectus urbi and consul in 484, with Theodoric 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):
DECIVS MARIVS VENANTIVS | Decius Marius Venantius Basilius, vir clarissimus and inlustris, Praefectus urbi, Patricius, Consul ordinarius restored at his own expenses the arena and the podium, destroyed by a terrible earthquake |
Bibliography
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- A. H. M. Jones, John Robert Martindale, John Morris (1992), "Decius Marius Venantius Basilius 13", Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Vol. II, p. 218. ISBN 0-521-07233-6
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| Preceded by Anicius Acilius Aginatius Faustus, Post consulatum Trocundis (East) | Roman consul 484 with Theodericus | Succeeded by Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus, Post consulatum Theoderici (East) |
| Preceded by unknown, possibly Anicius Acilius Aginantius Faustus | Urban prefect of Rome 484 | Succeeded by |
