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This is a list of the battles in the history of the country of Georgia .
The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of the battles following this legend:
(*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result,
status quo ante bellum , result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
Date | Battle | Modern Location | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1312 BC | Battle of Ganuvara | Gavar, Armenia | Part of the Hittite Battles | Hittite Empire | Hayasa-Azzi | Victory |
1300s BC | Battle of Nihriya | Nihriya, Iraq | Part of the Hittite Battles | Hittite Empire | Assyria | Defeat |
1275 BC | Battles of Alashiya | Alashiya, Cyprus, Cyprus | Part of the Hittite Battles | Hittite Empire | Kingdom of Alashiya | Victory |
1274 BC | Battle of Kadesh [1] | Kadesh, Syria | second Syrian campaign of Ramesses II | Hittite Empire | New Kingdom of Egypt | Stalemate |
1269 BC | Siege of Dapur | Dapur, Syria | Ramesses II campaigns in Syria | Hittite Empire | New Kingdom of Egypt | Defeat |
845 BC | Capture of Artvin [2] | Artvin Province, Turkey | Assyrian–Georgian Wars | Diauehi | Assyria | Defeat |
790 BC | Capture of Shavsheti [2] | Şavşat, Artvin, Turkey | Urartu's invasions of Georgia | Diauehi | Urartu | Defeat |
785 BC | Urartu's trek to Diauehi [2] | Artvin Province, Turkey | Urartu's invasions of Georgia | Diauehi | Urartu | Defeat |
720 BC | Scytho-Cimmerian invasion of Colchis [3] | Georgia | Scytho-Cimmerian invasions of Georgia | Colchis | Scythians Cimmerians | Defeat |
284 BC | Battle of Artaan [4] | Ardahan Province, Turkey | Alexander's invasion of Iberia | Kingdom of Iberia, | Aryan Kartli, | Iberian Victory • Death of Azo of Iberia |
65 BC | Battle of the Pelorus [5] | Aragvi River, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia | Caucasian campaign of Pompey | Kingdom of Iberia | Roman Republic | Defeat |
47 AD | Pharnavaz,s invasion of Armenia [6] | Armenia | Iberian–Armenian War | Kingdom of Iberia, | Kingdom of Armenia | Victory |
51 AD | Siege of Garni | Kotayk Province, Armenia | Iberian–Armenian War | Kingdom of Iberia | Kingdom of Armenia Roman Empire | Victory
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In Greco-Roman geography, Iberia was an exonym for the Georgian kingdom of Kartli, known after its core province, which during Classical Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages was a significant monarchy in the Caucasus, either as an independent state or as a dependent of larger empires, notably the Sassanid and Roman empires. Iberia, centered on present-day Eastern Georgia, was bordered by Colchis in the west, Caucasian Albania in the east and Armenia in the south.
David IV, also known as David IV the Builder (1073–1125), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the 5th king (mepe) of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1089 until his death in 1125.
The Battle of Basiani was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Seljukid Sultanate of Rum in the Basiani Valley, 60 km north-east of the city of Erzurum in what is now northeast Turkey. The date of the battle has been debated, but recent scholarship tends to favor the years 1203 or 1204. According to modern Turkish historians, the site of the battle is usually identified as the castle of Micingerd (Mazankert).
The Battle of Didgori was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Seljuk Empire at the narrow place of Didgori, 40 km west of Tbilisi, on August 12, 1121. The large Muslim army, under the command of Ilghazi, was unable to maneuver and suffered a devastating defeat due to King David IV's effective military tactics.
Bagrat V the Great of the Bagrationi dynasty, was co-king from 1355 and became king (mepe) of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1360 until his death in 1393.
George VII of the Bagrationi dynasty, was king (mepe) of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1393 until his death in 1407.
Rostom or Rustam Khan was a Georgian royal, from the House of Bagrationi, who functioned as a Safavid-appointed vali /king (mepe) of Kartli, eastern Georgia, from 1633 until his death.
The history of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, dates back to at least the 5th century AD. Since its foundation by the monarch of Georgia's ancient precursor Kingdom of Iberia, Tbilisi has been an important cultural, political and economic center of the Caucasus and served, with intermissions, as the capital of various Georgian kingdoms and republics. Under the Russian rule, from 1801 to 1917 it was called Tiflis and held the seat of the Imperial Viceroy governing both sides of the entire Caucasus.
The Battle of Chikhori was fought between the armies of King George VIII of Georgia and the rebellious nobles led by a royal kinsman Bagrat in 1463. It took place near the fortress Chikhori in the district of Argveti in western Georgia, and ended in the king's decisive defeat.
The Timurid invasions of Georgia were eight invasions between 1386 and 1403 of the Kingdom of Georgia in the Caucasus by the Timurid Empire. Led by Timur, the Timurids ultimately conquered the Christian monarchy and made it a tributary state that kept its independence and religion.
The Battle of Ertsukhi was fought in 1104 between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Seljuk Empire in southeastern part of Georgia, near Ertsukhi.
The Battle of Tashiskari was fought between the Georgians and the Ottomans at the village of Tashiskari on June 16, 1609. The Georgians, led by Giorgi Saakadze won a victory over the Ottomans.
The Georgian–Seljuk wars, also known as Georgian Crusade, is a long series of battles and military clashes that took place from 1064 until 1213, between the Kingdom of Georgia and the different Seljukid states that occupied most of South Caucasus. The conflict is preceded by deadly raids in the Caucasus by the Turks in the 11th century, known in Georgian historiography as the Great Turkish Invasion.
Sasanian Iberia was the period the Kingdom of Iberia was under the suzerainty of the Sasanian Empire. The period includes when it was ruled by Marzbans (governors) appointed by the Sasanid Iranian king, and later through the Principality of Iberia.
The collapse of the Georgian realm was a political and territorial fragmentation process that resulted in the dynastic triumvirate military conflict of the Bagrationi monarchs and war of succession in the united Kingdom of Georgia culminating during the second half of the 15th century.
The siege of Tbilisi (627-628) was a siege by the Byzantine Empire and Western Turkic Khaganate in 627-628 against Prince Stephen I of Iberia, the Sasanid vassal ruler of Sasanian Iberia.
The siege of Alinja occurred between the armies of the Jalayirid Sultanate and Timurid Empire starting in 1388. Two offensives by the Qara Qoyunlu would interrupt the sieges, but by 1396 Miran Shah had resumed besieging the fortress. In 1399, George VII of Georgia attacked the Timurids and released some of those who had been imprisoned. In retaliation, Timur ravaged southern Georgia and northern Armenia, killing, destroying, and enslaving people. The fortress managed to withstand the intermittent siege, but faced with starvation, surrendered in 1401.
The Battle of Gori was a battle between Kingdom of Kartli and the Ottoman Empire at Gori. After the siege, which lasted for nine months, the battle ended with the Georgian victory.
Battle of Alinja, occurred in 1399 between an army commanded by George VII of Georgia and a Timurid army under the command of Abu Bakr.
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