კეისრის ტიტული შუა საუკუნეების ქართულ პოლიტიკურ რეალობაში
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2012
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Caesar in the early Roman Empire simply means Emperor. A bit later
seignior-Emperor was called Augustus, and junior-Emperor – Caesar.
In the Byzantine Empire Caesar (Καῖσαρ) is the Byzantine court title.
The Georgians in the Medieval ages maintained Ḳeisari for the Emperor, and
created Ḳesarosi as a the court title.
The only Georgian sovereign who received that dignity from Byzantine
Emperor was Giorgi II (1072-1089). He acquired this dignity approximately in
1076. Giorgi also appears with that title (i.e. Ḳesarosi) in the inscriptions on his
silver coins minted in Kutaisi. Apart from Giorgi II of Georgia, the title of
Caesar was conferred to John Doukas, who was the uncle of Emperor Michael
VII Doukas (1071-1078), and Nikephoros Melissenos. During the rule of
Emperor Alexios Komnenos title of Caesar was further debased.
The title of Caesar was not reserved only for Giorgi II. Two brothers,
famous Georgian generals, Zacharia and Ivane Mkhargrdzeli also had this title.
Concerning to our observation, the title of Caesar appears in the
Armenian and Persian sources in a form similar to Georgian Ḳesarosi. Zacharia
and Ivane Mkhargrdzeli were honored with it. All probably, the person who
donated the title to members of Mkhargrdzeli family was Georgian monarch
rather than Byzantine Emperor.
Ḳeisari is Georgian form to designate Roman and Byzantine Emperors in the
Georgian sources. An early Roman context is preserved in this case. Even the Persian
historical records supplement the Georgian sources. They used the similar form to
Ḳeisari to describe the royal status of the Georgian monarchs
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https://geohistory.humanities.tsu.ge/ge/procedings/83-shromebi/146-shromebi-5.html
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კეისარი, ბიზანტიური ტიტული, ქართლის ცხოვრება
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ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის საქართველოს ისტორიის ინსტიტუტის შრომები, V, თბილისი, 2012, გვ. 108-137 / Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Institute of Georgian History Proceedings, V, Tbilisi, 2012, pp. 108-137