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It was the last Roman stronghold in Georgia until 736 AD, when was destroyed by the Arabs. Archaeopolis (actual Nokalakevi) was ruled by the Romans from Augustus times, but only the Eastern Roman Empire developed in a huge way this fortification in central Lazicum after the 4th century AD.
Georgia further weakened after the Fall of Constantinople, which effectively marked the end of the Eastern Roman Empire, Georgia's traditional ally. As a result of these processes, by the 15th century Georgia fractured and turned into an isolated enclave, largely cut off from Christian Europe and surrounded by hostile Islamic Turco-Iranic ...
Roman predominance proved crucial in religious matters, since King Mirian III and leading nobles converted to Christianity around 317 and declared as state religion. The event is related with the mission of a Cappadocian woman, Saint Nino , who since 303 had preached Christianity in the Georgian kingdom of Iberia (Eastern Georgia).
Pompey's campaign of Georgia: Kingdom of Iberia Colchis: Roman Republic: Defeat Vassalization of Iberia; Annexation of Colchis; 35-54 Iberian–Armenian War: Kingdom of Iberia Roman Empire (35-50, 52-54) Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire Roman Empire (50-51) Inconclusive Iberia subjugates Armenia, but subsequently retreats under pressure from ...
Georgia in the Roman era Artaxiad dynasty of Iberia ... The prehistory of Georgia is the period between the first human habitation of the territory of modern-day ...
Early states in present-day Georgia, c. 600 to 150 BC. Iberia (Georgian: იბერია, Latin: Iberia and Greek: Ἰβηρία), also known as Iveria (Georgian: ივერია), was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the Georgian kingdom of Kartli [1] (4th century BC – 5th century AD), corresponding roughly to east and south present-day Georgia.
This is an incomplete list of states that have existed on the present-day territory of Georgia since ancient times. It includes de facto independent entities like the major medieval Duchies ( saeristavo ).
The Soviet Government forced Georgia to cede several areas to Turkey (the province of Tao-Klarjeti and part of Batumi province), Azerbaijan (the province of Hereti/Saingilo), Armenia (the Lore region) and Russia (northeastern corner of Khevi, eastern Georgia). Georgia was spared the worst excesses of the collectivization which started in 1930 ...