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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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