Meanwhile, Theodoric was an erstwhile and dangerous ally for Zeno in the Balkans. There was an internal rebellion by Marcian, grandson and namesake of Leo I’s predecessor, Marcian (r. 450-457 CE) and son of the Western Roman emperor Anthemius (r. 467-472 CE), against Zeno in 479 CE.

A general impression of the Isaurian era is that the Roman people had suffered under the rule of Zeno and the influence of the Isaurians, since the decapitated heads of Isaurians after their revolt against Anastasius I (r. 491-518 CE) were seen as “a pleasing sight for the Byzantines in return for the troubles they had suffered from Zeno and the Isaurians" (Evagrius Scholasticus, 180). Byzantine Ivory Panel Depicting the Adoration of the Magi, by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin (CC BY-NC-SA). The rebels attacked Sichem, burnt five churches built on Samaritan holy places and cut off the fingers of bishop Terebinthus, who was officiating the ceremony of Whitsun. Candidus places the banishment of Verina before the revolt of Marcian, and Theodore Lector assigns as the cause of it her share in the revolt of Basiliscus. According to Samaritan sources, Zeno (whom the sources call "Zait the King of Edom") persecuted the Samaritans. Celui-ci ne perd pas de temps, il réunit une armée, retourne de nouveau son camarade Illus qui abandonne Basiliscus, reçoit l'appui de Théodoric l'Amale et reprend en 476 sa capitale sans combats, tant l'usurpateur s'est déconsidéré. Zénon est un drame théâtral composé en latin vers 1641 par le jésuite Joseph Simons et représenté à Rome en 1643 au Collège des Jésuite anglais.

L'une des premières mesures de Basiliscus est d’ailleurs de faire tuer Patricius, éliminant ainsi un concurrent potentiel. Tegen de monofysieten kwamen al gauw verschillende clerici in opstand en het rijk werd verdeeld tussen monofysieten en aanhangers van het Concilie van Chalcedon. This interpretation, however, has been contested. However, Ariadne’s, and later Zeno’s plots against Illus drove him into rebellion around 484 CE. Zeno called the bishop of Cyprus, Anthemius, to answer the accusations. As in backgammon, Zeno could not move to a space occupied by two opponent (black) pieces. L'empire romain d'Occident est en pleine déliquescence, les empereurs éphémères se succèdent, que Léon puis Zénon refusent de reconnaitre comme légitimes. Zeno the Isaurian (/ ˈ z iː n oʊ /; Latin: Flavius Zeno Augustus; Byzantine Greek: Ζήνων; c. 425 – 9 April 491), originally named Tarasis Kodisa Rousombladadiotes [1] / ˈ t æ r ə s ɪ s /, was Eastern Roman Emperor from 474 to 475 and again from 476 to 491. Basiliscus turned out to be a terrible emperor and a Monophysite, a religious doctrine declared heretical. https://www.ancient.eu/Emperor_Zeno/.

Our latest articles delivered to your inbox, once a week: Our mission is to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide. Zeno had a tortured relationship with Verina, his mother-in-law and widow of Leo I, and both carried out vicious plots against the other. The people of Constantinople also put the blame on him for a great fire that burned several parts of the city. As reward for his loyalty, which Leo praised to Daniel the Stylite,[9] Tarasis was appointed comes domesticorum, an office of great influence and prestige. Zeno answered that the Roman Senate should welcome back Julius Nepos, their rightful emperor, and that Odoacer should properly receive the patriciate from Nepos, although he allowed that he would also grant it. Zeno succeeded in bribing Armatus too, promising to confirm his rank of magister militum praesentalis for life and promoting his son (also called Basiliscus) to the rank of Caesar; Armatus' army failed to intercept Zeno's troops during their march on Constantinople, and, without Theodoric Strabo and his army, Basiliscus fled with his family to the church of Hagia Sophia. Zeno understood that this offering was hiding further conspiracies, and convinced the Senate and army to declare Strabo a public enemy. When Zeno’s son, Zeno the Younger, died in 491 CE, the future of the throne was thrown into uncertainty.

However, being Orthodox Christians rather than Arians, as the Goths and other Germanic tribes were, they were not formally barred from the throne. Ancient History Encyclopedia. An anonymous Greek drama is modelled on this Latin Zeno, belonging to the so-called Cretan Theatre.

The leader of the Thracian Goths sent an embassy to the Emperor, offering peace and blaming the Moesian Theodoric. He sent the Amal against Strabo, who supported the revolt of Marcian, with the promise of a huge Roman force as reinforcement (478). [33], Zeno tried to divide the two Theoderics by bribing the Amal, but he refused the bribe. Donne à l'empire un empereur romain ! C'est alors que ses relations avec Vérine se dégradent. Verina's attempt was unsuccessful, and Zeno, equally jealous of her and of Illus, banished her at the suggestion of the latter, confining her in the fort of Papurius. Theodoric marched into Italy in 488 CE, fought with Odoacer's forces until 493 CE, and agreed on co-rulership of Italy only to kill Odoacer at a dinner shortly thereafter. The emperor, with many of his followers, was forced to flee to Isauria.
The doctrines expressed in this document were acceptable to the miaphysites and brought a measure of religious peace to the East, but they resulted in a schism with the church at Rome that lasted from 484 to 519. Corrections?

The edict affirmed the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed (i.e., the Creed of Nicaea completed at Constantinople) as affording a common, final and united symbol or expression of faith. Zeno sent Genseric a high-ranking officer as ambassador, Severus, who succeeded in stipulating an "eternal" peace between the Vandals and the Empire, which allowed the Romans to pay ransoms for the prisoners in Vandal hands and which ended the Vandal persecution of Orthodox Christians in their territory. In August 475, during Basiliscus' reign, while Zeno was in Isauria blocked by Illus' army, Orestes, the western magister militum, revolted, forcing Nepos to flee Italy for Dalmatia; Orestes proclaimed his own son Romulus Augustus emperor, but was unable to gain the allegiance of the remnants of the Western Empire outside of Italy. La constitution de ces patrimoines fonciers au Ve siècle marque le début de la transformation de la cité antique, constituée d'unités d'habitations domus ou oikos, en ville médiévale constituée de zones d'habitations ou oikia[16].

Les noms de Tarasis et de Kodissa étant attestés en Isaurie, son nom développé pourrait être Tarasis, fils de Codissa, de Rosoumblada[3]. Zeno, consul who became Eastern Roman emperor (474–91) after the death of his son, Emperor Leo II.

Zeno the Isaurian (/ˈziːnoʊ/; Latin: Flavius Zeno Augustus; Greek: Ζήνων; c. 425 – 9 April 491), originally named Tarasis Kodisa Rousombladadiotes[1]/ˈtærəsɪs/, was Eastern Roman Emperor from 474 to 475 and again from 476 to 491. These negotiations went nowhere, perhaps because Zeno did not wish to give Theoderic any recognition, although the more definitive roadblock was Zeno’s illness and death in April 491. [5] According to ancient sources, Zeno's prestigious career--he had fought against Attila in 447 to defend Constantinople and been consul the following year--was the reason why another Isaurian officer, Tarasis, chose the Greek name Zeno when he married into the Imperial family, thus being known as Zeno when he rose to the throne. When Leo II became ill and died, Zeno became sole emperor. With the help of Illus, who changed his allegiance, Zeno returned to Constantinople in August 476. He took the monk Peter the Fuller with him and left for Antioch, his office's see, passing through Isauria, where he put down the rebellion of Indacus. Dürrenmatt's Zeno is an Emperor oppressed by the Byzantine ceremonial. He tried to escape a second time, and this time he succeeded, but, after gathering new troops and attacking Ancyra, he was defeated and captured by Trocundus, Illus' brother.[28]. As in backgammon, Zeno could not move to a space occupied by two opponent (black) pieces. 24 Oct 2020. Zeno trouwde met Ariadne, de dochter van Leo I en samen kregen ze twee zoons: Leo en Zeno, hij zou hen beiden overleven. Basiliscus and his family were sent to a fortress in Cappadocia, where Zeno had them enclosed in a dry cistern, to die from exposure. Emperor Zeno dies. Zeno, who was white, had a stack of seven checkers, three stacks of two checkers and two blots, checkers that stand alone on a point and are therefore in danger of being put outside the board by an incoming opponent checker. The sources do not clearly state what enemy he fought there, and historians had proposed either Goths or Huns, or the rebels of Anagastes. nécessaire]. Zeno was informed of their intention and fled to Serdica, and, because of this episode, Leo grew even more suspicious of Aspar.

Like most borderland tribes, they were looked upon as barbarians by the Romans even though they had been Roman subjects for more than five centuries. His reign saw the end of the Western Roman Empire following the deposition of Romulus Augustus and the death of Julius Nepos, but he contributed much to stabilising the Eastern Empire. Zeno had his general John the Scythian lead a combined Byzantine-Ostrogoth force, with Theodoric's support, against Illus and Leontius, which crushed them. Since Leo II was seven years old (too young to rule himself) Ariadne and her mother Verina prevailed upon him to crown Zeno, his father, as co-emperor, which he did on 9 February 474. On 18 January 474, Leo I died; if Leo II had not already been proclaimed co-emperor by his grandfather, he would have become Augustus on that occasion. Finally, he alienated the Church by supporting the Monophysites. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login).

Il pousse en avant son jeune fils Patrice, qui épouse la fille cadette de Léon Ier, Léontia Porphyrogénète, et obtient le titre de César, ce qui en fait l'héritier présomptif de l'empereur[5].