Iberia (Byzantine theme)

Iberia ( Greek : θέμα 'Ιβηρίας) was a Byzantine military province ( subject ). The name comes from the Caucasian kingdom of Iberia .

history

Iberia was formed in 1001 as a result of the annexation of the southern part of the Georgian Kingdom of Tao-Klardschetien and subsequent annexations of several Armenian kingdoms by Emperor Basil II .

The capital of the theme was moved to Theodosiopolis (Karin) after the Seljuks conquered Anise in 1064 .

Gregor Pakourianos had been governor of the subject since 1071 . In 1074 the subject of Iberia with other Byzantine areas in eastern Anatolia was lost to the Seljuks.

population

The Iberian population of the subject was mostly Iberian, a Graeco-Roman term used by Georgians.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Arutyunova-Fidanyan, Viada A., Some Aspects of the Military Administrative Districts and Byzantine administration in Armenia During the 11th Century , rearm 20, 1986-87: 309-20.
2. ^ "Karin" in: Strayer, Joseph Reese (1983), Dictionary of the Middle Ages , p. 215.Scribner, ISBN 0-684-16760-3 .
3. ^ Rapp, Stephen H. (2003), Studies In Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts , p. 414. Peeters Bvba ISBN 90-429-1318-5 .

further reading

• Toumanoff, Cyril . Studies in Christian Caucasian History , Georgetown University Press, Washington, 1967.
• Arutyunova-Fidanyan, Viada A., Some Aspects of the Military-Administrative Districts and Byzantine Administration in Armenia During the 11th Century, REArm 20, 1986-87: 309-20.
• Kalistrat, Salia (1983), History of the Georgian Nation , Katharine Vivian trans. Paris.
• Garsoian, Nina. The Byzantine Annexation of the Armenian Kingdoms in the Eleventh Century, 192 p. In: The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times, vol. 1, edited by Richard G. Hovannisian, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1977.
• Hewsen, Robert. Armenia. A Historical Atlas. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2001, pp 341 (124).