Colchidian War

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The Colchidian War, more commonly known as the Lazic War, was a 6th-century conflict between the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the Sasanian Persian Empire over control of the strategically vital region of Lazica in the Caucasus.

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Colchidian War canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 6th-century conflict ⓘ
Byzantine–Sasanian war ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lazic War ⓘ
belligerent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Kingdom of Lazica ⓘ
Lazi ⓘ
linked to: Lazikē

Sasanian Empire ⓘ
cause competition for influence over Lazic kings ⓘ
control of Black Sea trade routes ⓘ
strategic importance of Lazica as a buffer state ⓘ
commandedBy Belisarius ⓘ
Bessas ⓘ
Dagisthaeus ⓘ
Justinian I ⓘ
Khosrow I ⓘ
Martin (Byzantine general) ⓘ
Mermeroes ⓘ
Nachoragan ⓘ
conflictBetween Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Empire
conflictOver Colchis ⓘ
Lazica ⓘ
describedIn Agathias' Histories ⓘ
Procopius' Wars ⓘ
endTime 562 ⓘ
followedBy renewed Byzantine–Sasanian conflicts in the late 6th century ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
reign of Justinian I ⓘ
locatedIn Caucasus ⓘ
Lazica ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Petra (551) ⓘ
Battle of Phasis (556) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Phasis

Persian occupation of Petra ⓘ
Siege of Petra (549–551) ⓘ
partOf Byzantine–Sasanian Wars ⓘ
precededBy Iberian War ⓘ
result Byzantine victory ⓘ
Lazica remained under Byzantine influence ⓘ
startTime 541 ⓘ
strategicImportance access to eastern Black Sea ⓘ
control of passes between Caucasus and Anatolia ⓘ
treaty Fifty-Year Peace Treaty ⓘ
treatySignedIn 562 ⓘ

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Lazic War → alsoKnownAs → Colchidian War ⓘ