Papurius or Papyrius was a fortress in
Cilicia
Cilicia () is a geographical region in southern Anatolia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Cilicia has a population ranging over six million, concentrated mostly at the Cilician plain (). The region inclu ...
Campestris, near
Tarsus.
It was in this fortress that the usurper
Marcian
Marcian (; ; ; 392 – 27 January 457) was Roman emperor of the Byzantine Empire, East from 450 to 457. Very little is known of his life before becoming emperor, other than that he was a (personal assistant) who served under the commanders ...
was held prisoner after his failed revolt in 479, and where
Leontius
Leontius (; died 15 February 706) was Byzantine emperor from 695 to 698. Little is known of his early life, other than that he was born in Isauria in Asia Minor. He was given the title of ''patrikios'', and made ''strategos'' of the Anatolic T ...
and his general and king-maker
Illus
Flavius Illus (; died 488) was a Roman general who played an important role in the reigns of the Eastern Emperors Zeno (emperor), Zeno and Basiliscus.
Illus supported the revolt of Basiliscus against Zeno and switched sides to support the return ...
were besieged between 484 and 488 by the army of Emperor
Zeno
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* Zeno of Elea (), philosopher, follower of Parmenides, known for his paradoxes
* Zeno of Citium (333 – 264 B ...
.
Sources
* "Papyrii", in Hazlitt, ''The Classical Gazetteer'', 1851, .
Former populated places in Cilicia
Roman towns and cities in Turkey
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