Battle of Cotyaeum explained

Conflict:Battle of Cotyaeum
Partof:Isaurian War
Date:492
Place:Cotyaeum (modern Kütahya)
Coordinates:39.4167°N 29.9833°W
Map Type:Asia Minor
Result:Byzantine victory
Combatant1:Byzantine Empire
Combatant2:Isaurian rebels
Commander1:John the Scythian,
John the Hunchback,
Justin
Commander2:Longinus of Cardala,
Conon Fuscianus,
Longinus of Selinus,
Lilingis

The Battle of Cotyaeum (modern Kütahya) of 492 CE[1] was a major engagement is the Isaurian War fought in Phrygia Epictetus.[2] The future Byzantine emperor Justin I was present at the battle as a subordinate commander.

In 2015 a mass grave containing around sixty skeletons was found in Kütahya, believed to be of Roman date. Investigations are ongoing as to whether these skeletons are victims of the Isaurian War or the Battle of Cotyaeum.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=AQTBeESc5I8C&pg=PA10 Travel, communication, and geography in late antiquity: sacred and profane
  2. Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer, p. 123.
  3. News: Killgrove . Kristina . Roman-Era Mass Grave Discovered In Farmer's Field In Turkey . Feb 21, 2021 . Forbes . Aug 24, 2015.