Longinus of Cardala

Longinus of Cardala or Longinus the Bald (

Eastern Roman official and rebel leader from Isauria

Biography

Longinus was one of several Isaurians who occupied offices in the imperial civil and military administration, especially under emperor Zeno, who was an Isaurian himself. It is said that he was rich and bald.

Born in

Anastasius I, the candidate supported by empress dowager Ariadne

; when Anastasius I was proclaimed emperor, Longinus of Cardala was removed from his office.

Many Isaurians were removed from the imperial administration, and this caused the beginning of the

Kotyaion in Phrygia) by a Roman army led by generals John the Scythian and John the Hunchback

.

The Isaurians who survived the battle fled among the mountains of their country and kept fighting in the following years, and Longinus led them. In 497, however, Longinus was captured by John the Scythian and put to death: his head paraded along Constantinople's main street during Anastasius' victory celebration.

Bibliography

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