- Source: Aspacures I
Aspagur I (Georgian: ასფაგურ I, Latinized as Aspacures), of the Arsacid dynasty, was a king (mepe) of Iberia (natively known as Kartli; ancient Georgia) from 265 to 284.
According to the medieval Georgian chronicles, Aspagur was either 23rd or 25th king of Iberia and, together with the Armenians, resisted the Sassanid Iranian expansion into the Caucasus. His reign probably coincided with the temporary reassertion of Roman control of the region under emperors Aurelian and Carus. He is reported to have been defeated by an Iranian invasion and died in exile in Alania. According to the chronicle Life of the Kings, he was last in his line, but his daughter, Abeshura, is claimed to have been married to Mirian III, who would succeed him on the throne and become the first Georgian king to espouse Christianity.
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Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Mirian III dari Iberia
- Aspacures I
- Mirian III
- Chosroid dynasty
- Arsacid dynasty of Iberia
- Aspacures II
- Georgian monarchs family tree of Iberia
- List of state leaders in the 3rd century
- List of monarchs of Georgia
- Ujarma fortress
- Pharnavazid dynasty