Tzath I of Lazica
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Tzath I of Lazica
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Tzath I, Tzathius or Tzathios in Byzantine sources, was king of Lazica from 521/522 to an unknown date. He rejected Sassanid Persian overlordship and turned to the Byzantine emperor Justin I for aid. He was the first Christian king of Lazica. Tzath was the son of Damnazes, of whom almost nothing is known. Upon his father's death, in 521 or 522, he refused to recognize the traditional suzerainty exercised by the Persian ruler over Lazica, rejected Zoroastrianism, and instead turned to the Byzanti
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King of Lazica
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2023-01-30T23:20:41Z
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