Bassus

Bassus is a Latin adjective meaning "thick, fat, stumpy, short" and may refer to: Bassus (wasp), a genus of braconid wasps

It was also the name of: ==Government and military== Lucius Annius Bassus, () senator during the reign of Vespasian, commanded a legion under Marcus Antonius Primus Quintus Caecilius Bassus, () fought under Pompey during Caesar's civil war Anicius Auchenius Bassus ( 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 ( 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