L’affaire di Isocasio e le relazioni tra pagani e cristiani nella Costantinopoli di Leone I

Abstract

In 467, the quaestor sacri palatii Isocasius was accused of paganism and, for this reason, tried in the court of the praefectus praetorio Orientis Fl. Pusaeus; he saved his own life only by baptism. Despite appearances, the episode cannot be reduced to a mere religious conflict, and offers the chance to develop a broader reflection on the relations between pagans and Christians in the Eastern Roman Empire around the middle of the fifth century.

Keywords

• Isocasius
• Leo I
• Iacobus
• last pagans
• Constantinople