Battle of Telephis

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The Battle of Telephis was a significant engagement during the Lazic War 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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Battle of Telephis canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Empire
combatantSide Eastern Roman (Byzantine) forces ⓘ
Sasanian Persian forces ⓘ
conflict Lazic War ⓘ
conflictOver control of Lazica ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
geopoliticalContext struggle for dominance in the Caucasus between Rome and Persia ⓘ
historicalRegion Lazica ⓘ
involvedEmpire Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Sasanian Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Empire
location Caucasus ⓘ
Lazica ⓘ
partOf Lazic War ⓘ
regionType borderland between Roman and Sasanian spheres of influence ⓘ
relatedConflict Roman–Sasanian Wars ⓘ
relatedRegion Black Sea hinterland ⓘ
significance influenced control of Lazica ⓘ
major engagement of the Lazic War ⓘ
strategicImportance control of a vital region in the Caucasus ⓘ
warTheater Caucasus region ⓘ

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Lazic War → notableBattle → Battle of Telephis ⓘ