Byzantine-Georgian wars
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Were a series of conflicts between the Byzantine Empire and the Kingdom of Georgia.
Chronology
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- January 1205: A Georgian army under the command of Alexios and David Komnenos attacked the Byzantines from the east in late March or early April 1204. According to Georgian chronicles the expedition took eight days, it reached Trebizond via Lazona and seized Trebizond in April.
- February 1205: According to medieval sources, newly incorporated territories were given by Georgia to Alexios and David Komnenos, who founded a pro-Georgian state, the Empire of Trebizond.
- January 1034: The Alanian princess Alda defected to the Byzantines and surrendered Anacopia.
- February 1034: King Bagrat of Georgia defeated a united army of his opponents and then besieged Anacopia.
1. Georgian campaigns of Basil II
Was a military campaign by Byzantine emperor Basil II in Georgia.
- December 1021: In the autumn of 1021 Byzantine emperor Basil, at the head of a large army reinforced by the Varangian Guards, attacked the Georgians and their Armenian allies, recovering Phasiane and pushing on beyond the frontiers of Tao into inner Georgia.
- January 1022: The Ardzruni kingdom of Vaspurakan was annexed by the Byzantine Empire.
- September 1021: The Byzantines defeated the Georgians in the Battle of Shirimni.
- January 1017: George I launched a campaign to restore the David Kuropalates’ succession to Georgia and occupied Tao in 1015-1016.
- June 1022: During the spring of 1022, Byzantine emperor Basil launched a final offensive, winning a crushing victory over the Georgians at Svindax. Menaced both by land and sea, King George handed over Tao, Phasiane, Kola, Artaan and Javakheti.