BASSO. - A proconsul, not otherwise identifiable, author of a three-distich epitaph on the tomb of Monica, the mother of St Augustine, of which a fragment has recently been found at Ostia.

Bassilla - Interior of the basilica of St Hermes seen from the entrance. Rome, via Salaria Vetere.

Bassilla - Cippo of Tollia Asclepia (c. 3rd century). Rome, via Salaria Vetere.
BIBL.: Anthologia Latina, ed. A. Riese, Leipzig 1916, no. 670. Antonio Ferrara