Exile Case

Here you will find information about an individual exile case and links which enable you to view exile locations on a map as well as visualise the relationships between people and groups using a network diagram.

Person/Group	Marcianus (usurper) (PLRE 2, Marcianus 17, 717-8) ( view the social network for this person / group )
Exile Date	c. 479 (from: --/--/479 to: --/--/479)
Sources	Candidus in Photius, bibliotheca 79; Theodorus (Anagnostes) Lector, epitome historiae ecclesiasticae 3.419-20 (ed. Hansen, GCS 54 = Neue Folge 3); John of Antioch, fr. 234.4 (Mariev, 430); Evagrius, historia ecclesiastica 3.26 = Eustathius, fr. 3 (SC 542:454); Theophanes AM 5971-2 (De Boor: 127); Suidas P 137 Adler http://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/105282/20/

Locations view exile locations

Location of exile's previous office
Location exiled from	Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople [Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople]
Location exiled to	Caesarea [Kayseri]
Location(s) arrived at	Caesarea [Kayseri]
Date of arrival	late 479 (from: --/--/479 to: --/--/--)
Relationship to location	alien place
Type of location	city
Reason for leaving	escape
Location(s) exile returned to	Ancyra [Ankara]
Location of office after return

Activities in Exile

Activities Related to Doctrine	According to Suidas, he intensely studied the motions of the universe, perhaps in order to predict his fate or that of the emperor
Died in exile?	no
Reason for death
Writings in Exile	unknown

Legal details

Threat only	no
Refuge from judicial proceedings	no
Consequence of asylum	yes
Offenses exiled for/accused of	Usurpation
Legal type of exile	unknown
Additional punishments
Intended duration	permanent
Actual duration	less than a year
Returned?	yes
Reason for return	escape
Deposed by synod?	no
Synod deposed by
Returned by synod?	no
Synod returned by

Religious status, office and affiliation

Religious status before exile	lay
Religious status during exile	??
Religious status after return	n/a
Clerical or ascetic office before exile
Clerical or ascetic office during exile	presbyter
Clerical or ascetic office after return	n/a
Enforced rank change?	yes
Notes on clerical and ascetic office	his office preceding his usurpation was that of magister militum praesentalis
Religious affiliation before exile
Religious affiliation during exile	Epicurean
Religious affiliation after return
Notes on religious affiliation	Suidas M 209 Adler

Died in exile?	no

Cult

Venerated as a saint?	No
Date	(from: --/--/-- to: --/--/--)
Cult site
Relics

Exile Relationships: Interactions

Monks in Caesarea in Cappadocia

Interaction Date	c. 479 (from: --/--/479 to: --/--/479)
Interaction Location	Caesarea [Kayseri]
Office	Monk
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	ascetic
Relationship Quality	support?
Notes

Companion
Yes

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