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Justinian I
Eastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 (482-565)
Khosrow I
Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire from 531 to 579
Lazic War
war fought for the Lazica region
Peter the Patrician
Byzantine historian
Justin
Byzantine aristocrat and general
Gubazes II of Lazica
King of Lazica
Fifty-Year Peace Treaty
562 treaty between the Byzantine and Sassanid Empires
Bessas
Byzantine general
Bouzes
Bouzes or Buzes (, fl. 528–556) was an Byzantine (Eastern Roman) general active in the reign of Justinian I () in the wars against the Sassanid Persians.
Siege of Phasis
555–556 siege during the Lazic War
Mihr-Mihroe
Mihr-Mihroe (died 555), in Middle Persian either Mihr-Mihrōē or Mihrmāh-rōy; in Byzantine sources Mermeroes (), was a 6th-century Sasanian general, and one of the leading commanders of the Byzantine–Sassanid Wars of the time.
Martin
Byzantine general
Dagisthaeus
Dagisthaeus (, Dagisthaîos) was a 6th-century Eastern Roman military commander, probably of Gothic origin, in the service of the emperor Justinian I.
Siege of Petra
550-551 siege during the Lazic War
Mihr-Mihroe's campaign of 554
battle during the Lazic War
Onoguris
Onoguris, renamed as Stephanopolis in the Byzantine period, was a town in Lazica (in present-day western Georgia, possibly located at modern village Khuntsi) recorded by Byzantine historian Agathias in his narration of the Lazic War between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire. Its exact location is still under study.
Siege of Onoguris
554 conflict during the Lazic War
Izadgushasp
Izadgushasp (also spelled Yazdgushnasp), known in Byzantine sources as Isdigousnas Zikh, was an Iranian nobleman from the House of Mihran, who served as one of Khosrow I's viziers (wuzurg framadar).
John Tzibos
Byzantine general
Domnentiolus
Domnentiolus () was a Byzantine military officer, active in the reign of Justinian I (r. 527–565). He is better known for his service in Sicily during the Gothic War.
Nabedes
Naved, Nabed, Nahbed, Nabedes (Greek: Nabédēs), or Nobades was a Sasanian military commander during the reign of Khosrow I.
Siege of Petra
548–549 siege during the Lazic War
Nachoragan
Nachoragan was a commander in the military of the Sasanian Empire recorded in the Lazic War by the Byzantine historians. He succeeded Mihr-Mihroe as the commander of the operations in Lazica after the latter's death. As he took the command, the political situation favored the Sasanians, as the assassination of the Lazic king Gubazes by Byzantine generals had alienated the Lazi. Nachoragan relieved the Siege of Onoguris and subsequently destroyed the Byzantine base at Archaeopolis. In the spring of 556 AD, Nachoragan began a new invasion by attacking Nesus with 60,000 men, where Martin and Just
Siege of Petra
541 siege, part of the Lazic War