About Samara of Mtskheta
Samara of Mtskheta was a politician.
Samara was a ruler and chieftain ("mamasakhlisi") of Mtskheta in the 4th century BC, with help of Thracian-Macedonian king Lysimachus, he was overthrown by Azo, the son of the king of Aryan Kartli, who united Kartli and made Mtskheta the capital. According to The Georgian Chronicles he was a descendant of Kartlos, the eponymous ancestor of the Georgians. His brother, whose name is not specified, was allegedly massacred at the same time as him, while his wife, took refuge in the mountains with her three children, two daughters and a boy, the future King Pharnavaz I. The latter recovers the heritage of his ancestors and establishing the Kingdom of Iberia.
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Samara of Mtskheta was a politician.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Samara of Mtskheta
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