La “guerra civile” isaurica

Abstract

The article attempts to reconstruct an episode of crisis experienced by the Pars Orientis at the end of the 5th century AD, to which modern historiography has dedicated little space. This is the so-called “Isaurian civil war”, which exploded following the death of Zeno. The Tauric group attempted to place its own exponent on the throne, while at the top of the Empire every attempt was made to oust and expel the Isaurians. From here began a long and bloody war, of which only fleeting traces reach us.