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Sextus Lucilius Bassus was the 2nd Roman legate appointed by Emperor Vespasian to Judaea Province in 71.




Biography


Assigned to finish off the last remnants after the First Jewish–Roman War in the province, he led the legion Legio X Fretensis, destroying the Jewish strongholds Herodium and Machaerus on their march to the siege of Masada.
Bassus fell ill and died on the way, however, and was replaced by Lucius Flavius Silva in late 72.
Before his appointment to Iudaea, Bassus was prefect of the Classis Ravennas and the Classis Misenensis and betrayed Vitellius by siding with Vespasian during the Year of the Four Emperors (69).




Citations






See also


Gens Lucilia




External links


Wars of the Jews by Flavius Josephus
The Histories by Cornelius Tacitus

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Legio X Fretensis
• Sextus Lucilius Bassus
• Legio X Fretensis
• Lucilia gens
• Sextus Vettulenus Cerialis
• AD 72
• Lucius Flavius Silva
• Judaea (Roman province)
• Roman administration of Judaea (AD 6–135)
• Battle of Bedriacum
• First Jewish–Roman War