Battle of Aradeti
| Battle of Aradeti | |||||||
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| Part of the Georgian Civil Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Principality of Samtskhe |
 Kingdom of Georgia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Kvarkvare II | Giorgi VIII | ||||||
The Battle of Aradeti (Georgian: არადეთის ბრძოლა) was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Principality of Samtskhe at the place of Aradeti on August 1483.
The political split of the Kingdom of Georgia was speeded up by the Eristavs of Samtskhe. In 1483, Atabeg Kvarkvare II routed the royal troops at Aradeti. These events signaled the end of the united Kingdom of Georgia, which disintegrated into several principalities. Kvarkvare gained his long sought independence in Samtskhe while Eristav Bagrat seized the thrones of Imereti and Kartli and Giorgi VIII carved out his own realm in Kakheti.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Mikaberidze, A. (2015). Historical dictionary of Georgia. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD, United States: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD, p.373.