 Leontius, Illus and Trocundus were forced to take refuge in the fortress of Papurius, where they were besieged.Trocundus tried to escape the blockade, in order to raise an army, but was captured and killed.Leontius and Illus, ignorant of Trocundus' fate, waited in Papurius for almost four years, but then were betrayed by the brother-in-law of Trocundus, who had been sent from Constantinople to that end, captured and beheaded (488).