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 - c. 484 (from: --/--/479 to: --/--/484)
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	Caesarea [Kayseri]
Location exiled from	Ancyra [Ankara]
Location exiled to	Papiriou Castellum [near Tarsus (Turkey)]
Location(s) arrived at	Papiriou Castellum [near Tarsus (Turkey)]
Date of arrival	c. 479 (from: --/--/479 to: --/--/479)
Relationship to location	alien place
Type of location	fortress
Reason for leaving	escape
Location(s) exile returned to	Italy [Italy]
Location of office after return
Notes	Euagrius says he was sent to Tarsus in Cilicia, which is adjacent to the fortress. He also says that Marcianus became presbyter there, probably a confusion as he was apparently held captive in a fortress

Activities in Exile

Activities Related to Doctrine
Died in exile?	no
Reason for death
Writings in Exile	unknown

Legal details

Threat only	no
Refuge from judicial proceedings	no
Consequence of asylum	no
Offenses exiled for/accused of
Legal type of exile	unknown
Additional punishments
Intended duration	permanent
Actual duration	c. 4 years
Returned?	yes
Reason for return	freed
Deposed by synod?	no
Synod deposed by
Returned by synod?	no
Synod returned by

Religious status, office and affiliation

Religious status before exile	clerical
Religious status during exile	??
Religious status after return	n/a
Clerical or ascetic office before exile	presbyter
Clerical or ascetic office during exile
Clerical or ascetic office after return	n/a
Enforced rank change?	n/a
Religious affiliation before exile	Epicurean
Religious affiliation during exile
Religious affiliation after return

Died in exile?	no

Cult

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

Exile Relationships: Interactions

Flavius Appalius Illus Trocundes

Interaction Date	c. 379 (from: --/--/379 to: --/--/379)
Interaction Location	Ancyra [Ankara]
Office	magister militum per Orientem
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict
Notes	defeated and exiled Marcianus

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Leontia

Interaction Date	c. 479 - c. 484 (from: --/--/479 to: --/--/484)
Interaction Location	Papiriou Castellum [near Tarsus (Turkey)]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	marriage
Notes	Leontia's stay at Papirius is recorded by Theophanes. It is unclear what happened to her, whether she died before 484 or was freed along with her husband in that year. Johannes of Antiochus, fr. 234.4 (Mariev, 430) says she fled to the monastery of the Acoimetae in Constantinople and Zeno confiscated her property, although he does not report on her stay in Papirius.

Companion
Yes

Illus

Interaction Date	c. 484 (from: --/--/484 to: --/--/484)
Interaction Location	Papiriou Castellum [near Tarsus (Turkey)]
Office	patricius
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)	'catholic'
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support
Notes	he freed Marcianus from the fortress

Responsible for return
Yes

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