Aspacures III (or Varaz-Bakur II, ka, ვარაზ-ბაკურ II), of the
Chosroid Dynasty
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, was the king of
Iberia
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Península Eibérica
* eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...
(
Kartli
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, eastern
Georgia
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) from c. 380 to 394. He was the son and successor of
Mirdat III and was married to the daughter of
Trdat, his relative and successor. He is credited by the Georgian chronicles with the construction of the church of
Tsilkani.
[ Rapp, Stephen H. (2003), ''Studies In Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts'', pp. 315-6. Peeters Bvba .] During his reign, the
Roman Empire
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signed the
Peace of Acilisene
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Terms
The treaty, resolved in 384 and later in 387, divided Greater Arm ...
with
Sassanid
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Iran
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in which it admitted to the loss of Iberia and a greater portion of
Armenia
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. His sons were
Pharasmanes and
Mihrdat.
Suny, Ronald Grigor
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(1994), ''The Making of the Georgian Nation: 2nd edition'', p. 22. Indiana University Press,
References
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Chosroid kings of Iberia
4th-century monarchs in Asia
Georgians from the Sasanian Empire