The Story of Genghis Khan, i.e. how He Appeared in the Eastern Country (Life of Kartli, text identified based on all key manuscripts by S. Kaukhchishvili, v. II, Tbilisi 1959)

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Author	Jamtaagmtsereli
Epoch	XIV c.
Work	The Story of Genghis Khan, i.e. how He Appeared in the Eastern Country (Life of Kartli, text identified based on all key manuscripts by S. Kaukhchishvili, v. II, Tbilisi 1959)
Type	Prose
Quote	“Calamities, never heard of before in the old books, befell; which (calamities, E. K.) can only be paralleled with extermination of Jews, who crucified Christ, by Titus and Vespasian, which misfortune of Jews is described by the Chronicler and teller of many stories, Josephus” (pg. 176-177)
Term	Titus ( ) Josephus Flavius ( ) Vespasian ( )

Nike. Vani. II-I BC, Bronze, 22 x19 cm. The Georgian National Museum.

Comment	Comment: T. Khaukhchishvili: “Whatever Sultan Jalaluddin had done to Georgians and Tbilisi, is compared with extermination of Jews and Jerusalem by Titus and Vespasian, the author of which is Iosipos”. (i.e. Josephus Flavius) (T. Khaukhchishvili, Antique World in Georgian Historiography, Chronicler, Collection of Works Dedicated to 100^th Anniversary of Iv. Javakhishvili’s Birth, Tbilisi, 1976, pg. 297).

Comment

Comment: T. Khaukhchishvili: “Whatever Sultan Jalaluddin had done to Georgians and Tbilisi, is compared with extermination of Jews and Jerusalem by Titus and Vespasian, the author of which is Iosipos”. (i.e. Josephus Flavius) (T. Khaukhchishvili, Antique World in Georgian Historiography, Chronicler, Collection of Works Dedicated to 100^th Anniversary of Iv. Javakhishvili’s Birth, Tbilisi, 1976, pg. 297).

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