Bassus

Bassus is a Latin adjective meaning "thick, fat, stumpy, short" and may refer to:

It was also the name of:

Government and military

Anicius Auchenius Bassus (c. 325 – after 385), Prefect of Rome
Anicius Auchenius Bassus (consul 408), Roman consul
Anicius Auchenius Bassus (consul 431), Roman consul
Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus (70–117), Roman senator and general
Gaius Julius Bassus (c. 45 – aft. 101), Roman senator
Titus Pomponius Bassus, Roman senator
Gaius Pomponius Bassus Terentianus (fl. 2nd century), Roman military officer and senator
Pomponius Bassus (consul 211) (175–221), Roman senator and consul
Pomponius Bassus (consul 259) (220 – after 271), Roman senator and consul
Junius Bassus (fl. 318–331), Roman praetorian prefect and consul in 331
Junius Bassus Theotecnius (317–359), Roman politician
Lucilius Bassus, Roman legatus appointed by Emperor Vespasian
Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Rufinus Manilius Bassus (or Rufinius) (c. 227 – c. 300), Roman consul in 260 and 284
Caesonius Bassus, Roman consul in 317
Lucius Valerius Septimius Bassus (c. 328 – after 379), Praefectus Urbi Romae
Publius Ventidius Bassus, Roman general
Septimius Bassus (c. 270 – aft. 319), Roman politician

Aufidius Bassus, Roman historian
Caesius Bassus (died 79), Roman lyric poet
Cassianus Bassus (fl. late 6th/early 7th century), called Scholasticus, one of the geoponici
Saleius Bassus, Roman epic poet
Saint Bassus of Nice (died c. 248–251), bishop of Nice, martyred under Decius