georgian georgian pronunciation king ancient georgian kingdom known classical sources georgian chronicles credits monarch founding dynasty independent chronicles conversion makes second georgian monarch based medieval evidence scholars locate rule 3rd century according prince according according rise advent monarchy directly tied victory life according georgian royal annals descended son son powerful famous brothers descendants son grandson son biblical directly attested non georgian sources definite contemporary indication georgian kings story saturated legendary imagery symbols feasible memory historical facts faded real accumulated legendary façade emerged model pre christian monarch georgian annals according chronicle life kings distinguished tracing mythical paternal uncle held position father house georgian tribes mother claimed persian woman georgia patriarch georgia identify daughter king iii entire story written christian chronicler ancient iranian like imagery mystic allusions reflection confirmed cultural presumably political ties iran time example root based persian divine believed ancient mark legitimate tag named preserved early armenian histories byzantium fifth century history armenia probably early fifth century king named understood founder georgian dynasty mentioned rounded section georgian annals narrative follows life birth burial aged small family destroyed heritage installed campaign alexander invasion remembered georgian historical tradition elder appears memory interference taken place connection expedition mentioned sent alexander confines search gold mines brought magic dream essence sun persuaded vision devote noble deeds sets goes hunting pursuit deer encounters mass treasure stored hidden cave treasure exploits mount loyal army aided eventually marries sister rebels joined soldiers camp referred author romans claimed entitled victorious nobles etymology false main threads story boy hidden raised remote mountains forgotten lineage dreams solar imagery hunt discovery cave concealed treasure etc reminiscent legends iran founding kings like cyrus great self inspiration early crowned reign ensuing battle defeated killed king age reported acknowledged successors alexander middle_east afforded georgian chronicles generic said patterned administration iranian model introduced military administrative organization based network regional governors insignia received king constituted special ring belt armament total seven modern day northern included kingdom direct control royal power based aspects major motive later historian chronicles convince basic political structure created georgian monarch wake wars alexander great administrative system remained stable times way long term viability stability georgian realm established structure created following king commander chief royal army middle commanders garrisons stationed royal strongholds junior commanders younger sons aristocratic families mercenary professional warriors neighboring countries soldiers organized entire kingdom evident division served foremost military aim organization people purpose defence organization directed countries total population kingdom including foreign captives population tributary areas raise fairly big army according army numbered appears soldiers georgian classical evidence makes contemporaneous links plausible implied kings aided holding armenia check alleged reform likely projection medieval pattern subdivision remote past reported embarked social cultural projects supervised building projects raising idol named mountain construction similarly named fortress alliances north peoples reign called help macedonia internal foes took woman marriage order consolidate alliance helped consolidate reign similarly married sister chief according georgian royal annals created georgian script georgian language official language kingdom chronicles report lengthy reign years death buried idol son succeeded throne grave undisclosed far monarchs visited grave pay respects king iii burial idol suggests early monarchs modern scholars tempted identification medieval georgian tradition roman historian 2nd century author alexander recounts king visited pledged support alexander desire campaign lands subdue names neighbors apart similarity names names apparently based root iranian interesting note king reports today western georgia western neighbor ancient neighboring country georgian scholars suggested greek confused classical rendering southwest georgian medieval bordered according legacy dynasty claimed descent directly continuity monarchy georgia georgian kings presented heirs founded king king street avenue statue streets named buildings including schools hotels bear
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