Isauria , old Binnen Kreis south-central Anatolia . Its inhabitants, a hill tribe described by Greco-Roman authors as warlike and uncivilized, were conquered by the Roman general Publius Servilius Vatia "Isauricus" in a three-year campaign, 76–74 v . Your country with its capital, Isaura Palaia became from Pompey with Cilicia connected ; and under the Emperor Augustus (r. 27 v. - 14 n. Chr. ) it became part of the Roman province of Galatia. Isauria was later known as the birthplace of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor Zeno whose reign (474–491) is sometimes referred to as "Isaurian supremacy". The Byzantine Kaiser Leo III. (r. 717–741) was once called an Isaurian, but due to the mistaken belief that he was born in Isauria .
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