Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus

Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus (70–117), a Romanized Galatian, was a Legate at Judaea between 102/103 and 104/105. He was appointed Consul of Rome in 105 and afterwards served as Proconsul of Asia in 105. He was the son of Gaius Julius Bassus, Proconsul in Bithynia in 98.

He married Julia of Cilicia (b. ca. 80), a princess and daughter of King Gaius Julius Alexander to his Queen Julia Iotapa of Cetis, Cilicia.

Julia bore Bassus a daughter called Julia Quadratilla (b. ca. 100). She married to Gaius Julius Lupus Titus Vibius Varus Laevillus (ca. 95 – aft. 132), Quaestor in Asia in 132.

Quadratilla and Laevillus had:

• Aulus Julius Amyntas, Nobleman of Ephesus
• Aulus Julius Claudius Charax (ca. 115 – aft. 147), married and father of:
  • Julia, married to Gaius Asinius Rufus (ca. 110 – aft. 136), and had issue
• Aulus Julius Proculus (ca. 120 – aft. 156), Nobleman of Ephesus, married to Claudia Basilo (b. ca. 125)

References

• Christian Settipani, Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne (France: Éditions Christian, 1989).
• Christian Settipani, Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiale Dans Les Familles Senatoriales Romaines, A L'Epoque Imperiale, Mythe et Realite. Linacre, UK: Prosopographica et Genealogica, 2000. ILL. NYPL ASY (Rome) 03-983.
• Anthony Wagner, Pedigree and Progress, Essays in the Genealogical Interpretation of History, London, Philmore, 1975. Rutgers Alex CS4.W33.
• Luíz Paulo Manuel de Menezes de Mello Vaz de São-Payo, A Herança Genética de Dom Afonso I Henriques (Portugal: Centro de Estudos de História da Família da Universidade Moderna do Porto, Porto, 2002).
• Manuel Dejante Pinto de Magalhães Arnao Metello and João Carlos Metello de Nápoles, "Metellos de Portugal, Brasil e Roma", Torres Novas, 1998

See also

• The Administration of Judaea (AD 6-135)