Azo (also known as Azon) was a legendary prince allegedly installed by Alexander the Great as a ruler of the Mtskheta tribe in what is now Georgia. Alexander the Great fighting the Persian king Darius (Pompeii mosaic, from a 3rd century BC original Greek painting, now lost). ... Mtskheta is one of oldest cities of the republic of Georgia (in Kartli province of Eastern Georgia), near Tbilisi. ...

According to a medieval Georgian source “Moktsevai Kartlisai” (“The Christening of Georgia”,) Azo was a son of a king of the land of Arian-Kartli who brought 18 families to what is now the town of Mtskheta in eastern Georgia, and settled there to become a father of the nation. Mtskheta is one of oldest cities of the republic of Georgia (in Kartli province of Eastern Georgia), near Tbilisi. ...

According to another medieval Georgian author Leonti Mroveli, Azo was a Greek commander who accompanied Alexander the Great in his campaign against Caucasian Iberians. Azo killed a local tribal leader Samara and ruled the area until Samara’s nephew Parnavaz rose against him. Victorious in battle, Parnavaz became the first king of Iberia. Alexander the Great fighting the Persian king Darius (Pompeii mosaic, from a 3rd century BC original Greek painting, now lost). ... Ancient countries of Caucasus: Armenia, Iberia, Colchis and Albania Iberia was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli (4th century BC-5th century AD) corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia. ... King Parnavaz I (3rd century BC) was a King of the Georgian Kingdom of Iberia (modern Eastern Georgia) in 284-219 BC and founder of the Georgian dynasty of Parnavazians (284 BC-5th century AD). ... Ancient countries of Caucasus: Armenia, Iberia, Colchis and Albania Iberia was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli (4th century BC-5th century AD) corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia. ...

Some Georgian historians believe the legend reflects resettlement of proto-Iberian tribes from Asia Minor to the northwest, where they created a kind of tribal federation which became a basis for the kingdom of Iberia in the late 4th century BC. Ancient countries of Caucasus: Armenia, Iberia, Colchis and Albania Iberia was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli (4th century BC-5th century AD) corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia. ... Anatolia (Greek: ανατολη anatole, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of Turkey. ... Ancient countries of Caucasus: Armenia, Iberia, Colchis and Albania Iberia was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli (4th century BC-5th century AD) corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia. ...

Another theory suggests Azo may have been an officer in Alexander’s army (or in the army of one of Alexander's diadochoi) who seized power in Iberia, but was overthrown by rebels. The word Diadochi means successors in Greek. ...

External links

• http://rbedrosian.com/gc2.htm

• http://www.geocities.com/komblege/thracian.htm

• http://www.lazuri.com/kolheti/en_index.php?page=kavtaradze_chanen

• http://www.geocities.com/komblema/orte.htm