Gaius Laecanius Bassus Caecina Paetus was a

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senator of the early

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, whose known career flourished under the reign of

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. He was suffect consul in the '' nundinium'' of November to December AD 70 as the colleague of

Lucius Annius Bassus Lucius Annius Bassus was a Roman senator of the early Roman Empire, whose known career flourished under the reign of Vespasian. He was suffect consul in the '' nundinium'' of November to December AD 70 as the colleague of Gaius Laecanius Bassus C ...

. His full, polyonymous name is known from a votive inscription from

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set up by a slave named "Theseus". The nomenclature of his name has led scholars to agree that Caecina Paetus was the son of

Aulus Caecina Paetus Aulus Caecina Paetus (died AD 42) was a Roman senator, who was condemned to death for his role in the revolt of Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus against the emperor Claudius. He was suffect consul in the '' nundinium'' of September to Dece ...

, consul of 37, and that he was adopted by

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, consul of 64, between his consulate and his governorship. Caecina Paetus is attested as consular governor of Roman Asia in 80/81. He also served on the board that managed the water supply of Rome around this time. He is thought to be the father of Gaius Laecanius Bassus Caecina Flaccus, known from an inscription found at

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. Flaccus died young, aged eighteen.; Salomies, ''Adoptive and polyonymous nomenclature'', p. 116

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