02-26-2016, 06:33 AM
(02-25-2016, 11:38 PM)FlavivsĀ Aetivs Wrote: Or at least until they were defeated and became the primary area of recruitment under the Emperor Zeno. IIRC many Isaurians became the Excubitores guard unit.
After Zeno's death Anastasius had to fight a war against the Isaurians at the end of the C5th - troops stationed in Isauria in the early C6th due to this would seem reasonable.