Basilica of Iunius Bassus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
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opus sectile
The Basilica of Junius Bassus (basilica Iunii Bassi) was a civil basilica on the Esquiline Hill in Rome. Its remains were demolished in 1930 to make way for the Seminario Pontificio di Studi Orientali, in via Napoleone III, 3. Junius Bassus held the consulship in 331 CE. The basilica is particularly known for its opus sectile decorations. In the fifth century, the basilica was remodeled into the church of Sant'Andrea Catabarbara.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/691942929
41.8973088876, 12.5002536455
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Pontifical Oriental Institute (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Basilica of Junius Bassus (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Basilika des Iunius Bassus (German, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Basilica of Iunius Bassus located at Roma (unspecified date range)
- Sant'Andrea Catabarbara succeeds Basilica of Iunius Bassus (unspecified date range)
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Jeffrey Becker, 'Basilica of Iunius Bassus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/691942929> [accessed: 10 May 2026]
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