the country turned out to be worse, and by 548, Gubazes was requesting assistance from Byzantium. Gubazes remained a Byzantine ally during the next few...
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discontent in Christian Lazica and King Gubazes revolted in 548, this time against the Persians. Gubazes II requested aid from Emperor Justinian I and...
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intervenes in Lazica (modern Georgia), and supports the weakened king Gubazes II against a full-scale uprising. He sends an expeditionary force under Mermeroes...
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is repulsed, and forced to retreat out of Archaeopolis (Georgia). King Gubazes II is invited to observe the siege of a Persian-held fortress, and is murdered...
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Burgundy, killed by the Franks 551 Emperor Jianwen of Liang, by Hou Jing 555 Gubazes II of Lazica, King of Lazica, by two Byzantine generals 565 Diarmait mac...
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Visigothic Kingdom, after King Theudis is assassinated. Lazic War: King Gubazes II revolts against the Persians, and requests aid from Justinian I. He sends...
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circa 540, when he was succeeded by his possible son, Gubazes II. Opsites, an uncle of Gubazes, is mentioned by the 6th-century Byzantine historian Procopius...
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in 545, secured by Roman payments to the Persians. Early in 548, King Gubazes of Lazica, having found Persian protection oppressive, asked Justinian...
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First Council of Nicaea in 325. The first Christian king of Lazica was Gubazes I; in the 5th century, Christianity was made the official religion of Lazica...
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the Lazic War (541–562), in 548, along with the Alans they allied with Gubazes II of Lazica and conquered the Petra from the Persians. In 551, some Sabirs...
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