Papurius or Papyrius was a fortress in
Cilicia
Cilicia (); el, Κιλικία, ''Kilikía''; Middle Persian: ''klkyʾy'' (''Klikiyā''); Parthian: ''kylkyʾ'' (''Kilikiyā''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from the northeastern coa ...
Campestris, near
Tarsus.
It was in this fortress that the usurper
Marcian was held prisoner after his failed revolt in 479, and where
Leontius and his general and king-maker
Illus were besieged between 484 and 488 by the army of Emperor
Zeno
Zeno ( grc, Ζήνων) may refer to:
People
* Zeno (name), including a list of people and characters with the name
Philosophers
* Zeno of Elea (), philosopher, follower of Parmenides, known for his paradoxes
* Zeno of Citium (333 – 264 BC), ...
.
Sources
* "Papyrii", in Hazlitt, ''The Classical Gazetteer'', 1851
p. 261
Former populated places in Cilicia
Roman towns and cities in Turkey
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