Byzantine–Georgian wars

Byzantine–Georgian wars

A miniature depicting the defeat of the Georgian king George I at the Battle of Shirimni. The Skylitzes Chronicle. George is shown as fleeing on horseback on the right and Basil II holding a shield and lance on the left.
Date1014–1204
Location
Georgian regions of Tao-Klarjeti, South Caucasus and Trebizond.
Result Georgian victory
Territorial
changes
Georgia loses a number of dominions, but later reconquers them under Queen Tamar
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Georgia
Commanders and leaders
Basil II
Constantine VIII
Romanos III Argyros
Liparit IV of Kldekari
Demetrius of Anacopia
Constantine IX Monomachos
Alexios V Doukas
George I
Bagrat IV (POW)
Tamar the Great
David Komnenos
Alexios I of Trebizond

The Byzantine-Georgian wars (Georgian: ბიზანტია-საქართველოს ომები, romanized: bizant'ia-sakartvelos omebi) were a series of conflicts fought during the 11th-13th centuries over several strategic districts in the Byzantine-Georgian marchlands.