Alliance concluded between victorious Liparit of Iberia & Byzantium
Unit appears in:
KONSTANTINOS IX (1042-1055)
1047-1048: Wars & alliances in Georgia
1047
Summary:
Liparit of Iberia, having defeated Bagrat IV, sent letters to Konstantinos IX requesting an alliance, which was granted
Dates:
1047
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (
Konstantinos 9
)
Received an embassy from
Liparites 101
, granted his request for an alliance, shortly thereafter received envoys from
Bagrat 101
requesting a meeting, and was reproached by Bagrat for breaching their treaty and siding with a rebel slave (Liparites) (:)
Skylitzes 448.33-43
Sent to
Liparites 101
, who happened to be lord of a part of the Iberians, to unite with the Romans and give aid against the Turks (:)
Zonaras 17.23.25
Liparit IV, duke of Trialeti (
Liparites 101
)
Sent letters to the emperor (
Konstantinos 9
) requesting an alliance which was granted, but when
Bagrat 101
complained to the emperor, the latter agreed to recognize him only as ruler for life of part of Meschia under Bagrat (:)
αὐτὸν δὲ μέρους ἄρχοντα τῆς Μεσχίας διὰ βίου κύριον ἐκεῖνον ἔχειν καὶ βασιλέα Skylitzes 448.33-46