Iberian War of Justinian

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The Iberian War of Justinian was a 6th-century conflict between the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the Sasanian Persian Empire over control and influence in the Caucasian kingdom of Iberia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine–Sasanian War ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
chronologicalPredecessor Anastasian War ⓘ
chronologicalSuccessor Lazic War ⓘ
commander Belisarius ⓘ
Bouzes ⓘ
Hermogenes ⓘ
Khosrow I ⓘ
Perozes ⓘ
Sittas ⓘ
concludedBy Eternal Peace (532) ⓘ
conflictBetween Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Sasanian Empire ⓘ
describedInSource Chronicon Paschale ⓘ
Procopius of Caesarea ⓘ
linked to: Procopius
endTime 532 ⓘ
hasCause Sasanian attempts to impose Zoroastrianism in Iberia ⓘ
defection of Iberian king Gourgen (Vakhtang I’s successor) to the Byzantines ⓘ
religious and political tensions in the Caucasus ⓘ
struggle for influence over the Kingdom of Iberia ⓘ
location Anatolia ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
Kingdom of Iberia (Caucasian Iberia) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Iberia

Persian Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Persarmenia

Syria ⓘ
Transcaucasia ⓘ
linked to: South Caucasus

Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
namedAfter Kingdom of Iberia (Caucasian Iberia) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Iberia
notableBattle Battle of Callinicum ⓘ
Battle of Dara ⓘ
Battle of Satala (530) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Satala
notableEvent Sasanian sack of Antioch (540 is often associated with the later Lazic War, but linked in some narratives to the same strategic contest) ⓘ
linked to: sack of Antioch
opponent Justin I ⓘ
Justinian I ⓘ
Khosrow I ⓘ
partOf Byzantine–Sasanian wars ⓘ
peaceTerm Byzantine payment of annual tribute to Sasanian Empire ⓘ
recognition of Sasanian influence in Iberia ⓘ
relatedTo Caucasian Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Iberia

Christianization of the Caucasus ⓘ
Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ
result status quo ante bellum in the Caucasus ⓘ
startTime c. 526 ⓘ
timePeriod 6th century ⓘ
treatyWith Justinian I ⓘ
Khosrow I ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iberian War → alsoKnownAs → Iberian War of Justinian ⓘ
Procopius → describedEvent → Byzantine–Sasanian War of 527–532 ⓘ
linked to: Iberian War of Justinian
Siege of Antioch (540) → relatedTo → Byzantine–Sasanian War of Justinian I ⓘ
linked to: Iberian War of Justinian
Leonid dynasty → notableEvent → War with the Sassanian Empire over Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Iberian War of Justinian