He was the son of
Caecina Decius Basilius and the brother of
Caecina Mavortius Basilius Decius and
Caecina Decius Maximus Basilius, all
Roman consuls.
Basilius Venantius, consul in 508, was probably his son. Venantius was
Praefectus urbi and consul in 484, working in the post-Roman
Kingdom of Odoacer and thence
Kingdom of the Ostrogoths, with
Theodoric the Great as colleague. He financed the restoration of the damages made by an earthquake to the
Colosseum of Rome; two inscriptions are still extant, reading ( b and c): == Bibliography ==