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Georgian–Armenian Frontier Wars
In the 1120s the Kingdom of Georgia under David IV fought and annexed Armenian principalities along the southern Caucasus frontier, reshaping the reg…
Timeline
- c. 1120–1123Lori · ArmeniaGeorgian forces entered the Lori region of northwestern Armenia and clashed with local Armenian princes. David IV sought to bring the previously semi-independent Armenian frontier principalities under Georgian suzerainty, while local rulers wavered between Byzantium and Georgia.
- 1124–1126Tayk · GeorgiaBoth sides fought back and forth over strategic mountain-pass fortresses such as Tayk. Georgian control of the zone would open routes to the Armenian Highlands and eastern Anatolia, while local Armenian powers relied on mountain castles to resist.
- 1127–1129South Caucasus frontier zone · CaucasusBy the end of the 1120s Georgia had turned most northwestern Armenian frontier lands into vassal or directly ruled territories. The Armenian kingdom's center shifted south, and a new border formed between the two states, foreshadowing the later Caucasus order under the Seljuks and Mongols.
Sources
- Armeno-Georgian War of 1120s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_expansion
- The Making of the Georgian Nation — Ronald Grigor Suny (1994)