 So Illus and Trocundus were persuaded by the promises and gifts of Zeno to embrace his side, and to march with united forces towards the capital.At Nicaea in Bithynia they were met by the troops of Basiliscus under his nephew and general Armatus, but he too was overcome and Basiliscus, forsaken by his supporters, was dethroned and put to death (477).Illus was sole consul in 478, and in 479 he was instrumental in crushing the dangerous revolt of Marcian, grandson of the Byzantine emperor of that name, and son of Anthemius, emperor of the West.