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title: Consul Junius Bassus
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3918/consul-junius-bassus/
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updated: 2024-06-11
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# Consul Junius Bassus

_Authored by Carole Raddato_

## Image File

[![Consul Junius Bassus](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3918.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3918.jpg)

## Image Caption

*Opus sectile* panel (made of precisely cut polished varicolored marble) from the Basilica of Junius Bassus, which stood on the Esquiline Hill in [Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/Rome/). The panel, dating from the 4th century CE, represents the *processus consularis* (a procession for the appointment of a [consul](https://www.worldhistory.org/Consul/)) of Junius Bassus on a *biga* (two-horse [chariot](https://www.worldhistory.org/chariot/)) followed by four horsemen representing the factions of the [circus](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Circus/).

Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome.

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Raddato, C. (2015, June 09). Consul Junius Bassus. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3918/consul-junius-bassus/>
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