Lazica

E119617

Lazica was an ancient region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, in what is now western Georgia, known historically as a Byzantine–Persian frontier kingdom.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lazica canonical 7
Byzantine Lazica 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine client state
Sasanian client state
ancient kingdom
historical region
alsoKnownAs Egrisi
Lazikē
Lazistan
borderedBy Byzantine Empire
Iberian Peninsula
surface form: Iberia

Sasanian Empire
capital Archaeopolis
Tsikhegoji (Archaeopolis)
coastlineOn Black Sea
conflict Lazic War
surface form: Lazic War (541–562)
convertedToChristianity 4th century
country Kingdom of Lazica
dominantEthnicGroup Laz people
era Late Antiquity
floruit 4th century
5th century
6th century
governedBy Laz kings
integratedInto Abkhazia
surface form: Kingdom of Abkhazia

medieval Georgian polities
language Georgian
Laz language
locatedIn South Caucasus
western Georgia
surface form: Western Georgia

eastern coast of the Black Sea
mentionedBy Agathias
Procopius
surface form: Procopius of Caesarea
modernTerritoryIncludes Guria region of Georgia
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
surface form: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of Georgia
partOf Caucasus region
surface form: Caucasia

Kingdom of Iberia
surface form: Kingdom of Iberia (in some periods)
politicalStatus frontier kingdom between Byzantium and Persia
predecessor Colchis
religion Christianity
religiousAffiliation Eastern Christianity
significantEvent Roman–Persian Wars
surface form: Byzantine–Sasanian conflicts

Lazic War
strategicImportance buffer state between Byzantium and Persia
control of Black Sea coastal routes
successor Abasgia
Abkhazia
surface form: Kingdom of Abkhazia
wasVassalOf Byzantine Empire
Sasanian Empire

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
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# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lazica
Description of subject: Lazica was an ancient region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, in what is now western Georgia, known historically as a Byzantine–Persian frontier kingdom.

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St. Maximus the Confessor deathPlace Lazica
subject surface form: Maximus the Confessor
Gonio Fortress locatedInFormerEntity Lazica
this entity surface form: Byzantine Lazica
Lazic War conflictOver Lazica
Lazic War hasTheaterOfWar Lazica
Iberian War hasLocation Lazica
Iberian War belligerent Lazica
Egrisi hasAlternativeName Lazica
Sasanian Iberia borderedBy Lazica