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<p> the name of several Romans mentioned by Josephus. </p> <p> 1. CECILIUS, a knight, and probably quaestor in B.C. 59 (Cicero, ad Att. 2:9). He espoused Pompey's cause in the civil war, and, after the battle of [[Pharsalia]] (B.C. 48), fled to Tyre, of which he at length gained possession. He defended it successfully against [[Sextus]] Caesar, the governor of Syria, whom he treacherously caused to be slain (Josephus, Ant. 14:11; War, 1:10, 10). He afterward established himself as praetor in [[Apamea]] (B.C. 46), which he defended against Antistius Vetus, but was finally brought to submission by Cassius, B.C. 43. — Smith's Dict. of Class. Biog. s.v. </p> <p> 2. LUCILIUS, commander of the fleet of [[Vitellius]] B.C. 70, which he betrayed to Vespasian, by whom he was sent to quell some disturbances in [[Campania]] (Tacitus, Hist. 2:100; 3:12, 36, 40; 4:3). He was the successor of [[Cerealis]] Vitellianus as [[Roman]] legate in Judaea, where he reduced the fortresses of [[Herodium]] and [[Machaerus]] (Joseph. Ant. 7:6, 1 and 4). </p> <p> 3. (See [[Ventidius]]). </p> <p> [[Bassus]] </p> <p> is the name of several early [[Christian]] saints: (1) Of Africa, natale, March 19; (2) natale, Oct. 20; (3). in Heraclea, Nov. 20. </p> <p> a heretic of the 2d century, was a disciple of Cerinthus, Ebion, and Valentinus. According to him, the life of men and the perfection of all things consisted in the twenty-four letters and the seven planets. He also asserted that salvation was not to be looked for in [[Jesus]] [[Christ]] alone. </p>

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