-
Abasgians revolted against the
Eastern Roman (Byzantine)
Empire and
called upon
Sasanian ****istance.
General Bessas however suppressed the
Abasgian revolt...
-
lands of
Lazica to the
Abasgians. At the end of the 8th century,
taking advantage of
internal upheavals in the empire, the
Abasgians, with the help of the...
- the
reign of
Justinian I. The v****als are the
Kingdom of
Lazica and the
Abasgians (top), and the Gh****anids (east). This was the
Byzantine Empire at its...
- Turkey).
Bagrat I
found himself in a
constant struggle with the Arabs, the
Abasgians and the
Kakhetians over the
possession of
central Iberia (Shida Kartli)...
- over Abkhazia, a
conflict known as the
Lazic War.
During the war the
Abasgians revolted against the
Byzantine Empire and
requested Sasanian ****istance;...
- to the
Muslim conquest; however, in the 8th
century combined Lazic and
Abasgian forces successfully repelled the Arab occupation. In 780
Lazica was incorporated...
- sources. He
found himself in a
constant struggle with the Arabs, the
Abasgians and the
Kakhetians over the
possession of
central Iberia.
Adarnase II...
-
archbishop directly subordinated to the
Patriarch of Constantinople.
Another Abasgian episcopal see was that of Soterioupolis. In 735, a
large expedition led...
-
planning to
engage the
Persian armies separately,
spoke to his
worried Lazic,
Abasgian, and
Iberian allies and soldiers, saying: "Do not let the
number of our...
- good reason, the Arab
chronicler Ibn al-Athir
calls him "king of the
Abasgians [i.e. Georgians]." Liparit,
called Liparites by
Byzantine writers, was...
