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| Epoch | XI c. |
| Work | Life of Georgian Kings and First Fathers and Relatives (Life of Kartli, text identified based on all key manuscripts by S. Kaukhchishvili, v. I, 1955) |
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| Quote | “Before he [Mirian, E.K] was in Khazars’ army, the king of Goths invaded Greece with a big army. The king of Greeks brought together a big army and confronted him. Then the king of Goths asked Caesar to fight him vis-à-vis, but Caesar could not fight him; at that time there lived the son of Kossaros, the Armenian king, Thrdat by name, in the Greek army, who we have mentioned above. He had been raised in Greece and was a Goliath. At the time he was in the Greek army. So he was chosen by Greek soldiers, clad in Caesar’s apparel and given his arms and sent to the king of Goths’ as Caesar. The king of Goths stepped out and they charged each other. Thrdat defeated and captivated him […] Caesar gave troops to Thrdat […] and when Thrdat received enforcement from Greece and headed to engage Mirian […] the Persian king came and welcomed Mirian […]; they conquered Armenia and invaded Greece. The king of Greeks Constantine could not manage to oppose him so he fell in a deep sorrow. When they started ravaging Greece, some god-believing men persuaded Constantine, by telling him […] “Believers in Christ will overpower their foes if led by Cross”. King Constantine believed them; as conversion of Greeks to Christianity had been manifestly recorded; Constantine got Christened […] and both kings [Persian and Kartlian, E. K.] fled with a few remaining cavalry; Constantine chased them and crossed their border […] for this [king Mirian, E. K.] sent a middleman to king Constantine asking for peace […] Constantine appreciated this […] and when king Constantine settled this and became their (of Mirian and Thrdat, E.K.] mediator, he left for his kingdom”. (pg. 68-70) |
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