Lilingis

Lilingis (died 492) was a governor of Isauria under the reign of the emperor Zeno.

Biography

Lilingis was the half-brother of the influential Isaurian general Illus. In 484, he was given command of an army by Zeno and charged with putting down a revolt against the emperor by Illus. He was ostensibly successful in this, becoming governor of Isauria shortly thereafter.^[1]

Upon the death of Zeno in 491, Lilingis and his fellow Isaurians revolted against the new emperor Anastasius, inciting the Isaurian War.^[2] He was killed when the Isaurian rebels were routed by the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Cotyaeum in 492.^[3]

References

1. Leszka, Mirosław J. (2021-12-30). "Lilingis, the Bastard Half-Brother of Illus". Studia Ceranea. 11: 623–631. doi:10.18778/2084-140X.11.32. hdl:11089/41543. ISSN 2449-8378.
2. Nicholson, Oliver, ed. (2018-04-19). "Lilingis". The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 912. ISBN 978-0-19-256246-3.
3. Heather, Peter J. (2018). Rome Resurgent: War and Empire in the Age of Justinian. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-19-936274-5. OCLC 1007044617.