Isaurian War

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The Isaurian War was a late 5th-century conflict in the Eastern Roman Empire in which Emperor Zeno crushed a major rebellion by the Isaurian leaders who had once been his key supporters.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Isaurian War canonical 10
Isaurian War (492–497) 4
Isaurian Wars 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil war ⓘ
war ⓘ
cause rebellion of Isaurian leaders against Emperor Zeno ⓘ
combatant Eastern Roman Empire under Zeno ⓘ
Isaurian insurgents ⓘ
conflictIn Byzantine–Isaurian relations ⓘ
conflictType internal conflict ⓘ
describedAs Isaurian revolt against the Eastern Roman government ⓘ
major rebellion against Emperor Zeno ⓘ
endTime c. 497 ⓘ
followedBy decline of Isaurian influence in Constantinople ⓘ
follows earlier Isaurian involvement in Eastern Roman politics ⓘ
hasCapitalInvolved Constantinople ⓘ
hasCause political rivalry within the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
power struggle between Zeno and former Isaurian supporters ⓘ
hasConsequence marginalization of Isaurian military elites ⓘ
strengthening of central imperial authority ⓘ
hasLanguageOfSources Greek ⓘ
hasParticipant Eastern Roman imperial forces ⓘ
Emperor Zeno ⓘ
Illus ⓘ
Isaurian rebels ⓘ
Leontius ⓘ
Verina ⓘ
hasPrimarySource Byzantine chroniclers ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
involvesEthnicGroup Isaurians ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Isauria ⓘ
militaryTheater Taurus Mountains region ⓘ
linked to: Taurus Mountains
opponentOf Emperor Zeno ⓘ
Isaurian rebel leaders ⓘ
outcome consolidation of Zeno’s authority ⓘ
partOf history of the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
precededBy political dominance of Isaurians at Zeno’s court ⓘ
relatedTo Eastern Roman internal rebellions ⓘ
reign of Emperor Zeno ⓘ
result defeat of the Isaurian rebels ⓘ
suppression of Isaurian power at the imperial court ⓘ
victory of Emperor Zeno ⓘ
significantEvent campaigns in the Taurus Mountains ⓘ
siege of Isaurian strongholds ⓘ
startTime c. 492 ⓘ
temporalLocation late 5th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zeno → conflict → Isaurian War ⓘ
subject linked to: Eastern Roman emperor Zeno
Tarasicodissa → notableEvent → Isaurian War ⓘ
Tarasicodissa Zeno → conflict → Isaurian War ⓘ
Isaurians → notableEvent → Isaurian War (492–497) ⓘ
linked to: Isaurian War
Isauria → associatedWith → Isaurian War (492–497) ⓘ
linked to: Isaurian War
Anastasius I → engagedIn → Isaurian War ⓘ
Zeno → conflict → Isaurian War ⓘ
Leonid dynasty → notableEvent → Isaurian War (492–497) ⓘ
linked to: Isaurian War
Ariadne → notableEvent → Isaurian War ⓘ
revolt of Illus → precededBy → Isaurian War ⓘ
Illus → participatedIn → Isaurian War ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire under Zeno → conflict → Isaurian War (492–497) ⓘ
linked to: Isaurian War
Isaurian insurgents → conflict → Isaurian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Isaurian War
Isaurian insurgents → relatedTo → Isaurian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Isaurian War
Tarasis → conflict → Isaurian War ⓘ