Battle of Cotyaeum

Battle of Cotyaeum
	Part of Isaurian War
Date	492
Location	Cotyaeum (modern Kütahya)39°25′00″N 29°59′00″E
Result	Byzantine victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire	Isaurian rebels
Commanders and leaders
John the Scythian,; John the Hunchback,; Justin	Longinus of Cardala,; Conon Fuscianus,; Longinus of Selinus, ; Lilingis †
	Location within Asia Minor

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]

References

Travel, communication, and geography in late antiquity: sacred and profane By Linda Ellis, Frank Kidner ISBN 0-7546-3535-X, 9780754635352 (Page 10)
Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer, p. 123.
Killgrove, Kristina (Aug 24, 2015). "Roman-Era Mass Grave Discovered In Farmer's Field In Turkey". Forbes. Retrieved Feb 21, 2021.

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[1] Travel, communication, and geography in late antiquity: sacred and profane By Linda Ellis, Frank Kidner ISBN 0-7546-3535-X, 9780754635352 (Page 10)

[2] Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer, p. 123.

[3] Killgrove, Kristina (Aug 24, 2015). "Roman-Era Mass Grave Discovered In Farmer's Field In Turkey". Forbes. Retrieved Feb 21, 2021.