Isaurian tribes

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The Isaurian tribes were ancient, warlike mountain peoples of southern Anatolia known for their fierce independence, raiding, and periodic service as mercenaries within the Roman and Byzantine Empires.

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Isaurian tribes canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient people ⓘ
tribal group ⓘ
activeDuring Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
conflictedWith Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
cultureArea Greco-Roman world ⓘ
describedBySource Procopius ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
Zosimus ⓘ
economy pastoralism ⓘ
raiding-based income ⓘ
engagedIn mountain raiding ⓘ
plundering lowland settlements ⓘ
ethnonymDerivedFrom Isauria ⓘ
governedBy local chieftains ⓘ
integratedInto Roman provincial system ⓘ
knownFor brigandage ⓘ
fierce independence ⓘ
raiding ⓘ
service as mercenaries ⓘ
warlike character ⓘ
laterIntegratedInto Byzantine themes ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Isauria ⓘ
mountainous region ⓘ
southern Anatolia ⓘ
militaryReputation hardy mountain fighters ⓘ
neighboringRegion Cilicia ⓘ
Lycaonia ⓘ
Pisidia ⓘ
partOf Anatolia ⓘ
producedNotableMember Emperor Leo III the Isaurian (traditional attribution) ⓘ
Emperor Zeno ⓘ
religion pre-Christian local cults ⓘ
resisted Byzantine central authority ⓘ
Roman control ⓘ
spokeLanguage Anatolian languages ⓘ
Isaurian language ⓘ
subjectTo Roman provincial governors ⓘ
supplied mercenaries to Byzantine army ⓘ
soldiers to Roman army ⓘ
terrain rugged mountains ⓘ
timePeriod Classical Antiquity ⓘ
linked to: Classical antiquity

Early Byzantine period ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ

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Isauria → knownFor → Isaurian tribes ⓘ