Tbilisi is the capital of Georgia, located on the banks of the Kura river in a valley surrounded by hills. According to a traditional account, King Vakhtang I Gorgasali of Iberia was hunting in the forest when his falcon fell into a hot spring, and the king, impressed by the springs, decided to build a city on the spot. His son Dachi later moved the capital there from Mtskheta, and the name Tbilisi comes from the Georgian word for warm. The city became a major trading hub on the routes between Europe and Asia, and was fought over by Persians, Byzantines, Arabs, Mongols and others. Georgia's kings, notably David the Builder, restored it as a capital in the twelfth century.
Before and after
- c. 450 CEEruption of Ilopango
- 451 CEAetius and Theodoric stop Attila at the Catalaunian Plains
- 1 November 451 CECouncil of Chalcedon
- 12 May 454 CEBirth of Theodoric the Great
- c. 455 CEOrigins of Tbilisi
- from 2 June 455 CE to 16 June 455 CEThe Vandals sack Rome
- 476 CEBirth of Aryabhata
- from 476 CE to 1492Middle Ages
- from 476 CE to 718 CEVisigothic Kingdom
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