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Isaurian, n. and a.|aɪˈsɔːrɪən|
[f. Isauria (see below) + -an.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Isauria, an ancient country in Asia Minor, between Cilicia and Phrygia; spec. applied to a line of emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire.
B. adj. Of or belonging to Isauria, or to the emperors thus called.
1776Gibbon Decl. & F. I. x. 285 In the heart of the Roman monarchy, the Isaurians ever continued a nation of wild barbarians. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVII. 770/2 The increasing power of the brothers and other Isaurian friends of Zeno. 1880Encycl. Brit. XI. 114/2 The emperors of this time were those of the Isaurian, Armenian, and Amorian dynasties. 1904W. M. Ramsay Lett. Seven Churches xxvii. 399 The Empire of Rome has been..transformed into a Roman-Asiatic Empire, on whose throne sat successively Phrygians, Isaurians, Cappadocians, and Armenians. 1957J. M. Hussey Byzantine World i. ii. 29 The Isaurians were administrators as well as soldiers. |