person
Bassus
also: Bassus noster, our Bassus
A friend of Cicero and Trebatius at or near Velia who had kept Nico's book On Overeating hidden from Cicero (Fam. 7.20). Identity uncertain; distinct from the generals P. Ventidius Bassus and Q. Caecilius Bassus.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 7.20 §3 our friend Bassus kept this book hidden from me
A common friend of Cicero and Trebatius at Velia, otherwise unknown; the running joke is that Bassus had been hoarding the diet-book, perhaps as a hint about Cicero's eating.