Involved in the treason trials at Antioch in 371-2, when his property was confiscated Amm. XXIX 2.5 tunc et Bassianus, praeclaro genere natus, notarius militans inter primos, quasi praenoscere altiora conatus, licet ipse de qualitate partus uxoris consuluisse firmaret, ambitioso necessitudinum studio, quibus tegebatur, morte ereptus patrimonio opimo exutus est. His father was Thalassius 1 (PPO 353) Lib. Ep. 1364, 1380, cf. 1404; his brother was Thalassius 2 Lib. Ep. 1364, cf. 330. He married Prisca 2 (the daughter of Helpidius 4 (PPO Or. 360-1) and Aristaenete) Lib. Ep. 1156, 1292, 1380, 1409, 1490, in 363 Ep. 1448. He had been married before Lib. Ep. 786 (a. 362). His grandmother was Bassiana Lib. Ep. 231, 626, 1409 and he had a son Aristaenetus 2 Ep. 1081, 1087 and a daughter Bassiana Ep. 1292. Spectatus 1 was his uncle Ep. 352. He was also a relative of Libanius, whose pupil he had been Ep. 155, 1364, 1380, 1490. His first teacher was Cleobulus 1 Lib. Ep. 155. He was probably a Christian Lib. Ep. 1364 (his house was a converted temple).