Iberian War

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Was a war between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Sasanian Empire over the eastern Georgian kingdom of Iberia - a Sasanian client state that had defected to the Byzantines.

Chronology

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January 526: Iberia, a Sasanian client state, defected to the Byzantines.

January 528: In 527, the Eastern Roman Empire, under the rule of Emperor Justinian I, occupied two forts in Persarmenia, Bolon and Farangion. This was part of Justinian's efforts to expand and strengthen the empire's borders in the region.

January 529: In 528 the Persians used the conquered bases in Iberia to penetrate eastern Lazica.

January 528: By 527 the Iberian revolt had been crushed.