Amazasp I of Iberia

Amazasp I of Iberia

Amazasp I ( _ka. ამაზასპი) was a king of Iberia (Kartli, modern eastern Georgia) whose reign is placed by the early medieval Georgian historical compendia in the 2nd century. Professor Cyril Toumanoff suggests 106-116 as the years of his reign and considers him to be the son and successor of Mithridates I of Iberia who is known from epigraphic material as a Rome’s ally.

The Georgian chronicles report Amazasp’s joint, ten-years long, rule with Derok (Deruk) and make Armazi as his seat (as opposite to Derok’s residence at Mtskheta). Many modern scholars, however, consider the Iberian diarchy a pure legend and argue Amazasp was the king in his own right. [Rapp, Stephen H. (2003), "Studies In Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts", p. 289. Peeters Publishers, ISBN 90-429-1318-5.]

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