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Resmag Rigvadin Anos Gozar Opsit Justinian Baruk Dmitry I Feodosy Fedor Constantine I Leon I
History
• Established
64
• Disestablished
786
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Maeotians
Abasgoi
Kingdom of Abkhazia
Abasgia (Ancient Greek: Αβασγοί, Abasgoi, and Ancient Greek: Ἁβασκοί, Abaskoi; Latin: Avasgia, Abasgia;[3] Georgian: აბაზგები, Abazgebi; compare Abkhazian: Абазиа[aˈbazaː]) was a medieval principality on the territory of the Northern-Western Black Sea region.
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Sukhumi (see also other names below) is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city of the Republic...
Theodor Archon of Abasgia r. 710's–730 Constantine II Archon of Abasgia r. 730–745 Leon I Archon of Abasgia r. 745–767 Leon II Archon of Abasgia r. 767–780 King...
regnal numbers of the Abkhazian kings continue from those of the archons of Abasgia. There is also some lack of consistency about the dates of their reigns...
which is used today in most foreign languages. It was used to denote whole Abasgia (Byzantine name for the territory). The medieval Kingdom of Abkhazia managed...
522/3. Byzantine garrisons were stationed in Lazica and in neighboring Abasgia, mostly in the coastal cities of Poti, Sebastopolis and Pityus. The kingdom's...
General Bessas however suppressed the Abasgian revolt. By the 6th century Abasgia shifted to the north and occupied territory between Gumista and Bzyb rivers...
Apkhazeti that appeared in the Georgian annals was sometimes used to denote Abasgia specifically, and at other times the western region of the Kingdom of Georgia...
with the Alans, but was prevented from returning to Byzantium through Abasgia. Although the Abkhazians spared no expense to have him imprisoned, the...
Theodor Archon of Abasgia r. 710's–730 Constantine II Archon of Abasgia r. 730–745 Leon I Archon of Abasgia r. 745–767 Leon II Archon of Abasgia r. 767–780 King...
Theodor Archon of Abasgia r. 710's–730 Constantine II Archon of Abasgia r. 730–745 Leon I Archon of Abasgia r. 745–767 Leon II Archon of Abasgia r. 767–780 King...
Byzantine and transferred his capital to Kutaisi, thus unifying Lazica and Abasgia via a dynastic union. The latter led the unification of the Georgian monarchy...
a Byzantine book of court protocols, lists a "renowned exousiastes of Abasgia" and a "most respected and noble exousiastes of the Muslims". The ruler...
Theodor Archon of Abasgia r. 710's–730 Constantine II Archon of Abasgia r. 730–745 Leon I Archon of Abasgia r. 745–767 Leon II Archon of Abasgia r. 767–780 King...
Theodor Archon of Abasgia r. 710's–730 Constantine II Archon of Abasgia r. 730–745 Leon I Archon of Abasgia r. 745–767 Leon II Archon of Abasgia r. 767–780 King...
George I გიორგი I A symbolic representation of George I ("Georgios of Abasgia") fleeing on horseback from Emperor Basil II after defeat, Skylitzes Chronicle...
Theodor Archon of Abasgia r. 710's–730 Constantine II Archon of Abasgia r. 730–745 Leon I Archon of Abasgia r. 745–767 Leon II Archon of Abasgia r. 767–780 King...
After being raised to spatharios by Justinian II, he fought the Arabs in Abasgia, and was appointed as strategos of the Anatolics by Anastasios II. Following...
Prehistoric settlement Antiquity Medieval Byzantine Empire Archontate of Abasgia Kingdom of Abkhazia Kingdom of Georgia Duchy of Tskhumi Kingdom of Imereti...
Archdiocese of Sebastea (Sivas, Turkey) Archdiocese of Sebastopolis in Abasgia (Sukhumi, Georgia) Archdiocese of Seleucia in Isauria (Silifke, Turkey)...
built Sebastopolis in the region. Their land, known to the Byzantines as Abasgia, was a prime source of eunuchs for the empire until Justinian I (527-565)...
is supposed to have its roots in the early medieval ruling dynasty of Abasgia. After the break-up of the Kingdom of Georgia in the late 15th century...
Theodor Archon of Abasgia r. 710's–730 Constantine II Archon of Abasgia r. 730–745 Leon I Archon of Abasgia r. 745–767 Leon II Archon of Abasgia r. 767–780 King...
Theodor Archon of Abasgia r. 710's–730 Constantine II Archon of Abasgia r. 730–745 Leon I Archon of Abasgia r. 745–767 Leon II Archon of Abasgia r. 767–780 King...
Anglon. During the Lazic War, he performed an invasion in 550, reaching Abasgia and taking hostages, including the wife of Opsites of Lazica. Whately,...