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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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