{"slug": "illus", "label": "Illus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illus", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1282438", "qid": "Q1282438", "description": "consul of the Roman Empire", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [475, 488], "span_label": ["475 CE", "488 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "zeno-emperor", "label": "Zeno (emperor)", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "isauria", "label": "Isauria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "basiliscus", "label": "Basiliscus", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "eastern-roman-empire", "label": "Eastern Roman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "augustus-honorific", "label": "Augustus (honorific)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cappadocia", "label": "Cappadocia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ostrogoths", "label": "Ostrogoths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "theodoric-the-great", "label": "Theodoric the Great", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 475, "year_label": "475 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 9", "text": "January 9 – Emperor Zeno abdicates under pressure, as his wife's uncle Basiliscus stages a coup d'état at Constantinople, with support from Zeno's trusted adviser and fellow Isaurian Illus. Basiliscus usurps the throne and is proclaimed new emperor (Augustus) of the Eastern Roman Empire. He begins a 20-month reign; Zeno and his supporters flee to Isauria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360137651#Roman_Empire", "title": "475", "revid": 1360137651, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 476, "year_label": "476 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August", "text": "August – Basiliscus, Roman usurper, is deposed and Zeno is restored as emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. With the support of his adviser Illus, he besieges Constantinople, but the Senate opens the gates, allowing him to resume the throne. Basiliscus flees to sanctuary in a church, but surrenders himself and his family after extracting a solemn promise from Zeno not to shed their blood. Basiliscus is sent to a fortress in Cappadocia, where he later dies from starvation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355222972#Roman_Empire", "title": "476", "revid": 1355222972, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 478, "year_label": "478 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Verina, mother-in-law of Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno, attempts to kill Isaurian general Illus for turning against her brother Basiliscus. A major revolt is led by her son-in-law Marcian and the Ostrogoth warlord Theodoric Strabo, but Illus again proves his loyalty to Zeno by quashing the revolt in 479.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360122028#Europe", "title": "478", "revid": 1360122028, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 483, "year_label": "483 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine general Illus (magister officiorum), and Verina (widow of the late emperor Leo I), attempt to overthrow Emperor Zeno and place another general named Leontius on the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340789371#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "483", "revid": 1340789371, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 484, "year_label": "484 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Leontius raises a rebellion against emperor Zeno, who also faces a revolt from the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great. He sends an army to Syria, but is defeated by the Byzantine general Illus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749511#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "484", "revid": 1364749511, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 488, "year_label": "488 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Zeno regains power from the usurper Leontius and the Isaurian patrician Illus, who are captured and executed, ending a 4-year rebellion (see 484).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340789358#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "488", "revid": 1340789358, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}