Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus

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Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus, a romanized Galatian, was a Legate at Judaea between 102/103 and 104/105, Consul of Rome in 105 and Proconsul of Asia in 105. He was the son of Gaius Julius Bassus, Proconsul in Bithynia in 98.

He married Asinia Marcella, Domina figl., and they were the parents of Gaius Asinius Quadratus, a Historian in 200. She was either a sister or a daughter of Marcus Asinius Marcellus the Younger, who was a son of Marcus Asinius Marcellus and a descendant of Vipsania Agrippina.

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