Also known as: Zenon Zinon Short Biography: Imperial Roman soldier and regimental commander. As the emperor Diocletian offered sacrifice to a statue of the goddess Ceres, Zeno laughed at and ridiculed the whole procedure. His jaw was shattered for having spoken, and he then was martyred for his sentiment. Died: beheaded in 303 in Nicomedia, Bithynia (modern Izmit, Turkey).