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This is a list of wars involving Georgia and its predecessor states. The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
- Georgian victory
- Georgian defeat
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result,
status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive) - Ongoing conflict
Colchis and Iberia
[edit]| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 720s BC | Scytho-Cimmerian invasion of Colchis | Colchis | Scythians Cimmerians |
Defeat |
| 65 BC | Pompey's campaign of Georgia |  Kingdom of IberiaColchis |
 Roman Republic
|
Defeat
|
| 35-54 | Iberian–Armenian War | Kingdom of Iberia Roman Empire (35-50, 52-54)
|
 Kingdom of ArmeniaParthian Empire Roman Empire (50-51)
|
Inconclusive |
| 58-63 | Roman–Parthian War of 58–63 | Roman Empire Sophene Lesser Armenia Kingdom of IberiaCommagene Kingdom of Pontus |
Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire |
Defeat
|
Early Medieval fragmentation
[edit]| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 526-532 | Iberian War |  Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Iberia GhassanidsHuns Heruli Kingdom of Aksum Kingdom of Kinda |
 Sasanian EmpireLakhmid kingdom Sabirs |
Inconclusive |
| 541-562 | Lazic War | Byzantine Empire Lazica (548-562) |
Sasanian Empire Lazica (541-548) |
Inconclusive[1] |
| 602-628 | Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 | Sasanian Empire Avars (and Slavic allies) Sasanian IberiaJewish and Samaritan rebels (c. 614) Lakhmids Lombards Visigoths |
Byzantine Empire Western Turkic Khaganate Ghassanids |
Defeat
|
| 735-737 | Umayyad invasion of Georgia | Principality of Iberia Kingdom of Abkhazia
|
Umayyad Caliphate | Defeat |
| 914 | Sajid invasion of Georgia | Kingdom of the Iberians Principality of Kakheti Kingdom of Abkhazia
|
Sajid dynasty | The Sajids withdraw from Georgia |
| 993-998 | David III's campaigns against the Muslims | Kingdom of the Iberians Bagratid Armenia
|
Marwanids Rawadid dynasty |
Victory |
Kingdom of Georgia
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Kingdoms and principalities
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Georgian Democratic Republic
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Georgian SSR
[edit]| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941-1945 | World War II | Allies | Axis | Allied victory |
| 1979-1989 | Soviet–Afghan War |  Soviet Union
|
 Afghan Mujahideen
|
Defeat |
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Republic of Georgia
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See also
[edit]- List of wars involving Russia
- List of wars involving Armenia
- List of wars involving Azerbaijan
- List of Georgian battles
Notes
[edit]- ^ Leppin, Hartmut (2021). "The Eastern Roman Empire and Its Neighbours in the "Age of Justinian" – An Overview". In Meier, Mischa; Montinaro, Federico (eds.). A Companion to Procopius of Caesarea. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-04-49877-8.
After 545 truces brought peace to most of the border regions, but the war lingered in the Caucasus until 561, when Khosrow and Justinian finally agreed to a fifty-year peace. There was no definite victor, but the Sasanian Empire was in a slightly better position as Rome was obliged to pay a fixed sum to Persia each year.
- ^ Suny 1994, p. 33.
- ^ Lordkipanidze & Hewitt 1987, p. 135.
- ^ Humphreys 1977, pp. 130–131.
- ^ Mikaberidze 2015, pp. 19.
- ^ Beradze, Tamaz (1983). "Vameq I Dadiani". Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 4. Tbilisi: Metsniereba. p. 287.
- ^ a b Rayfield 2012, p. 152.
- ^ Beradze, Tamaz (1983). "Mamia III Dadiani". Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 6. Tbilisi: Metsniereba. p. 396.
- ^ David Marshall Lang. Russia and the Armenians of Transcaucasia, 1797–1889: a documentary record Columbia University Press, 1957 (digitalised March 2009, originally from the University of Michigan) p. 142.
- ^ Valeri Silogava, Kakha Shengelia. "History of Georgia: From the Ancient Times Through the "Rose Revolution" Caucasus University Publishing House, 2007 ISBN 978-9994086160 pp. 158, 278.
- ^ Cornell 2002, p. 141.
- ^ Cornell 2002, p. 188.
References
[edit]- Kaegi, Walter Emil (2003), Heraclius: Emperor of Byzantium, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-81459-1.
- Mitchell, Colin P., ed. (2011). New Perspectives on Safavid Iran: Empire and Society. Milton Park, UK: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-4157-7462-8. LCCN 2010032352.
- Suny, Ronald Grigor (1994). The Making of the Georgian Nation. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-20915-3.
- Minorsky, Vladimir (1953). Studies in Caucasian History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521057356.
- Humphreys, R. Stephen (1977). From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus, 1193–1260. Albany: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-87395-263-4.
- Mikaberidze, Alexander (2015). Historical Dictionary of Georgia. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781442241466.
- Rayfield, Donald (2012). Edge of Empires, a History of Georgia. London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78023-070-2.
- Brosset, Marie-Félicité (1849). Histoire de la Géorgie depuis l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle. Volume I [History of Georgia from Ancient Times to the 19th Century, Volume 1] (in French). Saint-Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences.
- Woods, John E. (1999). The Aqquyunlu: Clan, Confederation, Empire (Revised and Expanded ed.). University of Utah Press. ISBN 978-0874805659.
- Kvachantiradze, Eka (2012). "Urdure" (PDF). Caucasus in Georgian Sources: Foreign States, Tribes, Historical Figures. Encyclopedical Dictionary. Tbilisi: Favorite. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-20.
- Minorsky, V. (1993). "Tiflis". In Houtsma, M. Th.; van Donzel, E. (eds.). E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936. Brill. ISBN 90-04-08265-4.
- Cornell, Svante E. (2002). Autonomy and Conflict: Ethnoterritoriality and Separatism in the South Caucasus: Cases in Georgia (PDF). Uppsala: Uppsala University. ISBN 91-506-1600-5. OCLC 50053064. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2007.
- Zardabli, Ismail Bey (2014). The History of Azerbaijan From Ancient Times to the Present Day. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781291971316.
- Anchabadze, George (2001). Vainakhs (The Chechen and Ingush). Tbilisi: Caucasian House. pp. 1–76.
- Rapp, Stephen H. (2003). Studies In Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts. Peeters Bvba. ISBN 90-429-1318-5.
- Hakobyan, T῾ (1971). Erewani patmut῾yunə (1500—1800 t῾t῾.) [History of Yerevan (1500–1800)] (in Armenian). Erewani hamalsarani hratarakč῾ut῾yun. OCLC 582481141.
- Lordkipanidze, Mariam Davydovna; Hewitt, George B. (1987). Georgia in the XI–XII Centuries. Tbilisi: Ganatleba Publishers.
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