Back حرب لازيك Arabic لازی ساواشی AZB Лазка война Bulgarian Guerra lázica Spanish جنگ لازستان Persian Bysantin–sassanidien sota (540–562) Finnish Guerre lazique French Լազիական պատերազմ Armenian Perang Lazika ID Guerra lazica Italian
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The Lazic War, also known as the Colchidian War or in Georgian historiography as the Great War of Egrisi,[1] was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire for control of the ancient Georgian region of Lazica. The Lazic War lasted for twenty years, from 541 to 562, and ended with the Fifty-Year Peace Treaty, which obligated the Byzantine Empire to pay tribute to Persia each year for the recognition of Lazica as a Byzantine vassal state by Persians. The Lazic War is narrated in detail in the works of Procopius and Agathias.[2]
- ^ Georgian: ეგრისის დიდი ომი Egrisis Didi Omi
- ^ Leppin, Hartmut (2021). "The Eastern Roman Empire and Its Neighbours in the "Age of Justinian" – An Overview". In Meier, Mischa; Montinaro, Federico (eds.). A Companion to Procopius of Caesarea. Leiden: Brill. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-04-49877-8.
After 545 truces brought peace to most of the border regions, but the war lingered in the Caucasus until 561, when Khosrow and Justinian finally agreed to a fifty-year peace. There was no definite victor, but the Sasanian Empire was in a slightly better position as Rome was obliged to pay a fixed sum to Persia each year.