Aspacures III of the Chosroid Dynasty

Chosroid Dynasty

The Chosroids were a dynasty of the kings and later of the presiding princes of the early Georgian state of Iberia, natively known as Kartli, from the fourth to the ninth centuries. Of Iranian origin and a branch of the Mihranid House, the family accepted Christianity as their official religion c...

, was the king of Iberia

Caucasian Iberia

Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli , corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia...

 (Kartli

Kartli

Kartli is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari , on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial role in ethnic and political consolidation of the Georgians in the Middle Ages...

, eastern Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

) from c. 380

380

Year 380 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Augustus...

 to 394

394

Year 394 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flavianus without colleague...

. He was the son and successor of Mirdat III

Mihrdat III of Iberia

Mihrdat III |Latinized]] as Mithridates), of the Chosroid Dynasty, was the king of Iberia from c. 365 to 380 ....

 and was married to the daughter of Trdat

Trdat of Iberia

T'rdat |Latinized]] as Tiridates), of the Chosroid Dynasty, was the king of Iberia from c. 394 to 406.According to the Georgian chronicles, he was a son of Rev, son of Mirian III, the first Christian king of Iberia...

, his relative and successor. He is credited by the Georgian chronicles with the construction of the church of Tsilkani. During his reign, the Roman Empire

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

 signed the Peace of Acilisene

Peace of Acilisene

The Peace of Acilisene was a treaty between the East Roman Empire and the Persian Empire in 387 which divided Armenia between these two empires.-Sources:* Lang, David Marshall. Armenia: Cradle of Civilization. Boston: George Allen & Unwin, 1970. p. 163...

 with Sassanid Iran in which it admitted to the loss of Iberia and a greater portion of Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

.