Tzath
Tzath was king of Lasika in the first half of the 6th century.
After the death of his father in 521/22, Tzath traveled to Constantinople to the Eastern Roman imperial court. There he was kindly received by Justin I and baptized in the Christian faith, with the emperor as godfather. Justin solemnly installed him as King of Lasika, thereby deliberately ignoring the claims to rule of the Sassanid Empire , Rome's great rival in the east, in this room. Justin gave him rich gifts and married him to the noble Roman Valeriana.
In the subsequent Roman-Persian hostilities , Tzath sought the support of Ostrom and turned to Emperor Justinian I for help in 528 . In the late antique sources, however, Tzath is no longer mentioned. His eldest son Gubazes II succeeded him.
literature
- Wilhelm Enßlin : Tzath 1. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII A, 2, Stuttgart 1948, Sp. 1957.
- Geoffrey B. Greatrex : Rome and Persia at War, 502-532. Cairns, Leeds 1998, ISBN 0-905205-93-6 , pp. 130ff.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tzath |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Lasika |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century or 6th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century |