person
Julius Bassus
Senator and proconsul of Bithynia, repeatedly imperilled under earlier emperors and tried for extortion before the senate, where Pliny led his defense.
Reading notes
- The Letters §4.9.1 Julius Bassus
Senator and proconsul of Bithynia tried for extortion before the senate; Pliny led his defense.
- The Letters §10.56.4 Julius Bassus
A proconsul of Bithynia whose official acts the senate annulled after his trial; the senate allowed his rulings to be re-pleaded within two years.