Iberian War

Iberian War
Part of the Byzantine–Sasanian Wars
The Roman-Persian frontier in the 4th to 7th centuries
Date 526–532 AD Location Iberia, Transcaucasus, Upper Mesopotamia Result Inconclusive[1][2] Treaty of Eternal Peace Sasanians retained Iberia Byzantines retained Lazica[3]
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire Iberia Ghassanids Huns Heruli Aksumites Kinda	Sasanian Empire Lakhmids Sabirs
Commanders and leaders
Justin I Justinian I Belisarius Sittas Gregory Hermogenes Pharas John of Lydia Sunicas Tzath I of Lazica Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith † Al-Harith ibn Jabalah Dorotheus Domnentiolus (POW) Al-Harith of Kinda †[4] Aïgan Simmas Ascan	Kavadh I Perozes Xerxes Azarethes Bawi Mihr-Mihroe Chanaranges Baresmanas † Pityaxes Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man Aratius

The Iberian War was fought from 526 to 532 between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire over the eastern Georgian kingdom of Iberia—a Sasanian client state that defected to the Byzantines. Conflict erupted among tensions over tribute and the spice trade.

The Sasanians maintained the upper hand until 530 but the Byzantines recovered their position in battles at Dara and Satala while their Ghassanid allies defeated the Sasanian-aligned Lakhmids. A Sasanian victory at Callinicum in 531 continued the war for another year until the empires signed the "Perpetual Peace".