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This is a list of wars involving Georgia and its predecessor states. The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

Georgian victory

Georgian defeat

Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result,
status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)

Ongoing conflict

Colchis and Iberia

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
720s BC	Scytho-Cimmerian invasion of Colchis	Colchis	Scythians Cimmerians	Defeat
65 BC	Pompey's campaign of Georgia	Kingdom of Iberia Colchis	Roman Republic	Defeat Vassalization of Iberia Annexation of Colchis
35-54	Iberian–Armenian War	Kingdom of Iberia Roman Empire (35-50, 52-54)	Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire Roman Empire (50-51)	Inconclusive Iberia subjugates Armenia, but subsequently retreats under pressure from the Parthians.
58-63	Roman–Parthian War of 58–63	Roman Empire Sophene Lesser Armenia Kingdom of Iberia Commagene Kingdom of Pontus	Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire	Defeat Treaty of Rhandeia Arsacids established on Armenian throne

Early Medieval fragmentation

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
526-532	Iberian War	Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Iberia Ghassanids Huns Heruli Kingdom of Aksum Kingdom of Kinda	Sasanian Empire Lakhmid kingdom Sabirs	Inconclusive Perpetual Peace (532)
541-562	Lazic War	Byzantine Empire Lazica (548-562)	Sasanian Empire Lazica (541-548)	Inconclusive^[1] Fifty-Year Peace Treaty
602-628	Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 Perso-Turkic war of 627–629	Sasanian Empire Avars (and Slavic allies) Sasanian Iberia Jewish and Samaritan rebels (c. 614) Lakhmids Lombards Visigoths	Byzantine Empire Western Turkic Khaganate Ghassanids	Defeat End of Sasanian Iberia
735-737	Umayyad invasion of Georgia	Principality of Iberia Kingdom of Abkhazia	Umayyad Caliphate	Defeat
914	Sajid invasion of Georgia	Kingdom of the Iberians Principality of Kakheti Kingdom of Abkhazia	Sajid dynasty	The Sajids withdraw from Georgia
993-998	David III's campaigns against the Muslims	Kingdom of the Iberians Bagratid Armenia	Marwanids Rawadid dynasty	Victory

Kingdom of Georgia

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1014-1022	Byzantine–Georgian war (1014-1022)^[2]	Kingdom of Georgia Bagratid Armenia Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti	Byzantine Empire	Defeat Byzantine–Georgian treaty of 1022
1028	Byzantine–Georgian war (1028)	Kingdom of Georgia	Byzantine Empire	Byzantine–Georgian treaty of 1031
1033-1058	Georgian civil war of 1033-1058	Kingdom of Georgia Varangians	Demetrius of Anacopia (1033-1042) Liparit IV of Kldekari (1039-1060) Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget	Bagrat IV was recognized as king
1064-1068	Alp Arslan's invasions of Georgia	Kingdom of Georgia	Seljuk Empire Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget Emirate of Tbilisi Shaddadids	Defeat
1117-1124	Georgian conquest of Shirvan	Kingdom of Georgia	Seljuk Empire Shirvanshahs	Victory Conquest of Shirvan
1204	Georgian expedition to Chaldia	Kingdom of Georgia	Byzantine Empire	Victory Foundation of the Empire of Trebizond
1204-1206	Georgian campaigns of Ahlatshahs [ka]^[3]	Kingdom of Georgia	Shah-Armens Emirate of Kars	Victory The Georgians annexed Kars
1208-1210	Ayyubid–Georgian wars [ka]^[4]	Kingdom of Georgia	Ayyubid Empire Emirs of Homs Emirs of Hama Emirs of Baalbek	Inconclusive Thirty Years' Truce
1209-1211	Georgian campaign against the Eldiguzids	Kingdom of Georgia	Eldiguzids	Victory The Eldiguzids became vassals of Georgia
1048-1213	Georgian–Seljuk wars	Kingdom of Georgia Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Kipchaks Alania Shirvanshahs	Seljuk Empire Eldiguzids Emirate of Tbilisi Shaddadids Shah-Armens Artuqids Saltukids Sultanate of Rum	Victory
1225-1228	Jalal al-Din's invasions of Georgia [ka]^[5]	Kingdom of Georgia	Khwarazmian Empire	Defeat
1220-1236	Mongol invasions of Georgia	Kingdom of Georgia	Mongol Empire	Defeat
1302-1303	Azat Mousa's invasion of Georgia	Principality of Samtskhe	Sultanate of Rum	Victory
14th century	Vameq's invasion of Jiketi^[6]^{[citation needed]}^{[failed verification]}	Duchy of Mingrelia	Kingdom of Zichia	Victory
1386-1403	Timurid invasions of Georgia	Kingdom of Georgia	Timurid Empire	Defeat Truce of Shamkor
1405	George's campaign against the Timurids^[7]	Kingdom of Georgia	Timurid Empire	Victory George succeeded in expanding Georgia's borders temporarily to their former extent.^[7]
1407-1502	Turkoman invasions of Georgia	Kingdom of Georgia Shirvanshah Safavid Empire (1502)	Qara Qoyunlu (1407-1468) Aq Qoyunlu (1468-1502)	Victory End of invasions against Georgia and consolidation of Safavids in Persia
1463-1493	Georgian civil war of 1463–1491 [Fr]	Kingdom of Georgia Duchy of Mingrelia	Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Samtskhe Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Svaneti Principality of Abkhazia Kingdom of Kakheti	Fall of Kingdom of Georgia

Kingdoms and principalities

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1533	Mamia's invasion of Jiketi^[8]^{[citation needed]}^{[failed verification]}	Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria	Kingdom of Zichia	Defeat The allies won the first battle, but the Circassians defeated the allies in the second battle
1547	Ottoman invasion of Guria^{[citation needed]}	Principality of Guria	Ottoman Empire	Defeat
1541-1566	Tahmasp I's campaigns in Kartili and Kakheti	Kingdom of Kakheti Kingdom of Kartli	Safavid Iran	Defeat
1578-1590	Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590) Lala Mustafa Pasha's Caucasian campaign	Safavid Iran Kingdom of Kartli (1578-1588) Kingdom of Kakheti (1578) Principality of Samtskhe (1578, 1582–1587) Principality of Guria (1583-1587)	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria (1578-1583, after 1587) Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Samtskhe (1578-1582) Shaybanids	Ottoman victory Treaty of Istanbul (1590)
1603-1612	Ottoman–Safavid war (1603–1612)	Safavid Iran Kingdom of Kartli Kingdom of Kakheti	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of Nasuh Pasha
1614-1617	Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns	Kingdom of Kakheti Kingdom of Kartli	Safavid Iran	Defeat
1623-1658	War of the Kingdom of Imereti (1623-1658) [fr]	Kingdom of Imereti Salipartiano (from 1657)	Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Abkhazia Kingdom of Kartli Childir Eyalet	Imeretian victory Imereti restores hegemony over western Georgia
1703	Ottoman invasion of western Georgia	Ottoman Empire	Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria Principality of Mingrelia	Victory
1722-1723	Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)	Russian Empire Ukrainian Cossacks Kingdom of Kartli	Safavid Iran	Victory Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723)
1730-1735	Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735) Caucasus Campaign (1735)	Safavid Iran Kingdom of Kakheti (from 1732) Kingdom of Kartli (from 1735) Quba Khanate (from 1734) Shamkhalate of Tarki (from 1734)	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of Constantinople (1736) Treaty of Ganja
1738-40	Nader Shah's invasion of India^[9]^[10]	Afsharid Empire Kingdom of Kakheti	Mughal Empire Hyderabad State Oudh	Victory
1768-1774	Russo-Turkish War (1768–74)	Russian Empire Zaporozhian Host Greek insurgents Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Kingdom of Imereti	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Victory Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
1796	Persian expedition of 1796	Russian Empire Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	Qajar Iran	Russian withdrawal Tactical Russian victory Strategic Persian victory
1806-1812	Russo-Turkish War (1806–12)	Russian Empire Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Abkhazia (1810-1812) Wallachia	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Abkhazia (1808-1810)	Victory Treaty of Bucharest (1812)
1828-1829	Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)	Russian Empire Kutaisi Governorate Tiflis Governorate Armenian Oblast Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Svaneti Principality of Abkhazia Supported by: France United Kingdom	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of Adrianople (1829)
1853-1856	The Caucasus front of the Crimean War	Russian Empire Kutaisi Governorate Tiflis Governorate Erivan Governorate Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Abkhazia (1853-1855)	Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Principality of Abkhazia (1855-1856)	The victory at the front, but the defeat of Russia in the war^{[citation needed]}
1722-1864	Russo-Circassian War	Russian Empire Kalmyk Khanate Principality of Mingrelia (1803–1864) Principality of Guria (1810–1829) Principality of Svaneti (1810-1859) Principality of Abkhazia (1810-1864)	Circassian Confederation Kabardia (East Circassia) (until 1822)	Victory Annexation of Circassia by the Russian Empire
1817-1864	Caucasian War	Russian Empire Kuban Cossacks Shamkhalate of Tarki Principality of Guria (until 1829) Principality of Svaneti (until 1859) Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Abkhazia (from 1810)	Circassian Confederation Caucasian Imamate	Victory Russian annexation of the North Caucasus
1877-1878	Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)	Russian Empire Kutaisi Governorate Tiflis Governorate Erivan Governorate Dagestan Oblast Terek Oblast Baku Governorate Kuban Oblast Elisabethpol Governorate	Ottoman Empire Trebizond Vilayet Erzurum Vilayet Bitlis Vilayet Van Vilayet Sivas Vilayet	Victory Treaty of San Stefano
1914-1918	World War I	Allied Powers Russian Empire Georgians within the Russian Empire France United Kingdom Serbia Belgium Japan Montenegro Luxembourg Italy (from 1915) Romania (from 1916) Portugal (from 1916) United States (from 1917) Greece (from 1917) China (from 1917)	Central Powers German Empire Georgian Legion Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Sultanate of Darfur (until 1916) Bulgaria (from 1915) Jabal Shammar (from 1915)	Allied victory Russia prematurely withdraws from war with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Georgian Democratic Republic

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1914-1918	Caucasus Campaign	Russian Empire (1914–17) Kutaisi Governorate Tiflis Governorate United Kingdom (1918) Armenia (1918) Central Caspian Dictatorship (1918) Russian SFSR (1918) Baku Commune (1918)	Ottoman Empire Trebizond Vilayet Erzurum Vilayet Bitlis Vilayet Van Vilayet Sivas Vilayet Azerbaijan (1918) Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1918) German Empire (1914–17) German Empire (1918) Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918)	Compromise
1918	Abkhazia conflict (1918)	Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic Democratic Republic of Georgia Supported by: German Empire	Abkhaz Bolsheviks Supported by: Russian SFSR Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic Ottoman Empire Abkhaz Muhajirs	Victory
1918-1919	Sochi conflict	Democratic Republic of Georgia	Russian SFSR White movement	Inconclusive Gagra is transferred to Georgia The rest of Sochinsky okrug is transferred to Russia
1918	Armeno-Georgian War	Democratic Republic of Georgia	First Republic of Armenia	Inconclusive With the intervention of Great Britain, a truce was concluded between Armenia and Georgia.
1918-1920	Georgian–Ossetian conflict (1918–1920) First Ossetian uprising^[11] Second Ossetian uprising Third Ossetian uprising^[12]	Democratic Republic of Georgia	Ossetian Bolsheviks Supported by: Russian SFSR	Victory All Ossetian uprisings were suppressed by Georgians
1921	Red Army invasion of Georgia	Democratic Republic of Georgia	Russian SFSR Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Ankara Government	Defeat Establishment of the Georgian SSR

Georgian SSR

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1941-1945	World War II	Allies Soviet Union Georgian SSR United States United Kingdom China Free France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Ethiopia	Axis Germany Georgian Legion Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Vichy France Finland Thailand Manchukuo Croatia Slovakia	Allied victory
1979-1989	Soviet–Afghan War	Soviet Union Georgian SSR Afghanistan	Afghan Mujahideen	Defeat

Republic of Georgia

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1991-1993	Georgian Civil War 1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état	Pro-Gamsakhurdia forces Parts of National Guard Zviadists Supported by: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria	Pro-Shevardnadze forces Military Council State Council Parts of National Guard Mkhedrioni Russia (since October 1993)	Shevardnadze's victory Gamsakhurdia government expunged
1991-1992	South Ossetian war	Georgia	South Ossetia Russia	Defeat
1992-1993	War in Abkhazia	Georgia Georgian Armed Forces Mkhedrioni Zviadists UNA-UNSO "Argo"	Abkhazia Abkhazian Armed Forces Bagramyan Battalion Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Russia Kuban Cossacks Don Cossacks	Defeat
1998	War in Abkhazia (1998)	White Legion Forest Brotherhood	Abkhazia	Defeat
2008	Russo-Georgian War	Georgia	Russia South Ossetia Abkhazia	Defeat
2001–2021	War in Afghanistan	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Afghan National Security Forces Advisers, Non-combat support, & Counter-terrorism operations: Resolute Support Australia Czech Republic Georgia (IPAP) Germany Italy Romania Turkey Spain United Kingdom United States	Taliban al-Qaeda Haqqani network Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin United Tajik Opposition	Defeat
2003-2011	Iraq War	United States Iraq United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia Georgia Ukraine Estonia Netherlands Spain Denmark MNF–I INC New Iraqi Army KDP PUK Turkey (Political Support)	Ba'athist Iraq Ba'ath Loyalists SCJL Naqshbandi Army Islamic State of Iraq Al-Qaeda Mahdi Army Special Groups Badr Brigades	Victory

Notes

^ Leppin, Hartmut (2021). "The Eastern Roman Empire and Its Neighbours in the "Age of Justinian" – An Overview". In Meier, Mischa; Montinaro, Federico (eds.). A Companion to Procopius of Caesarea. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-04-49877-8. After 545 truces brought peace to most of the border regions, but the war lingered in the Caucasus until 561, when Khosrow and Justinian finally agreed to a fifty-year peace. There was no definite victor, but the Sasanian Empire was in a slightly better position as Rome was obliged to pay a fixed sum to Persia each year.
^ Suny 1994, p. 33.
^ Lordkipanidze & Hewitt 1987, p. 135.
^ Humphreys 1977, pp. 130–131.
^ Mikaberidze 2015, pp. 19.
^ Beradze, Tamaz (1983). "Vameq I Dadiani". Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 4. Tbilisi: Metsniereba. p. 287.
^ ^a ^b Rayfield 2012, p. 152.
^ Beradze, Tamaz (1983). "Mamia III Dadiani". Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 6. Tbilisi: Metsniereba. p. 396.
^ David Marshall Lang. Russia and the Armenians of Transcaucasia, 1797–1889: a documentary record Columbia University Press, 1957 (digitalised March 2009, originally from the University of Michigan) p. 142.
^ Valeri Silogava, Kakha Shengelia. "History of Georgia: From the Ancient Times Through the "Rose Revolution" Caucasus University Publishing House, 2007 ISBN 978-9994086160 pp. 158, 278.
^ Cornell 2002, p. 141.
^ Cornell 2002, p. 188.

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[1] Leppin, Hartmut (2021). "The Eastern Roman Empire and Its Neighbours in the "Age of Justinian" – An Overview". In Meier, Mischa; Montinaro, Federico (eds.). A Companion to Procopius of Caesarea. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-04-49877-8. After 545 truces brought peace to most of the border regions, but the war lingered in the Caucasus until 561, when Khosrow and Justinian finally agreed to a fifty-year peace. There was no definite victor, but the Sasanian Empire was in a slightly better position as Rome was obliged to pay a fixed sum to Persia each year.

[FOOTNOTESuny199433-2] Suny 1994, p. 33.

[FOOTNOTELordkipanidzeHewitt1987135-3] Lordkipanidze & Hewitt 1987, p. 135.

[FOOTNOTEHumphreys1977130–131-4] Humphreys 1977, pp. 130–131.

[FOOTNOTEMikaberidze201519-5] Mikaberidze 2015, pp. 19.

[6] Beradze, Tamaz (1983). "Vameq I Dadiani". Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 4. Tbilisi: Metsniereba. p. 287.

[FOOTNOTERayfield2012152-7] Rayfield 2012, p. 152.

[8] Beradze, Tamaz (1983). "Mamia III Dadiani". Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 6. Tbilisi: Metsniereba. p. 396.

[lang-9] David Marshall Lang. Russia and the Armenians of Transcaucasia, 1797–1889: a documentary record Columbia University Press, 1957 (digitalised March 2009, originally from the University of Michigan) p. 142.

[auto1-10] Valeri Silogava, Kakha Shengelia. "History of Georgia: From the Ancient Times Through the "Rose Revolution" Caucasus University Publishing House, 2007 ISBN 978-9994086160 pp. 158, 278.

[FOOTNOTECornell2002141-11] Cornell 2002, p. 141.

[FOOTNOTECornell2002188-12] Cornell 2002, p. 188.

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