Battle of Sasireti was fought between the armies of Georgian King Bagrat IV (1027-1072) and the renegade feudal lord Liparit IV Bagvashi , Eristavi (Duke) of Kldekari, near the village of Sasireti (Kartli region of Georgia, near Kaspi ) in 1042.
A dispute between King Bagrat IV of Georgia and Duke Liparit Bagvashi had erupted during their campaign against Tbilisi and soon developed into an overt internal conflict. Liparit Bagvashi was supported by several influential Georgian nobles and enjoyed a significant Byzantine military assistance. In spring 1042, after the failure of attempted negotiations, Liparit Bagvashi invaded the eastern Georgian province of Kartli with joint Georgian-Byzantine troops to launch a final onslaught against Bagrat IV and install his relative Demetre (Demetrius) as the “King of Georgians and Abkhazians”. The two armies clashed at the place of Sasireti. King Bagrat was enjoyed military assistance from Vikings (Varangs in Georgian) - 700 Vikings were together with the King of Georgia. Bagrat was defeated and forced to flee in Western Georgia. Liparit occupied most of the eastern part of the country.
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- Levan Z. Urushadze, Following the tracks of the Vikings.- "Yearbook of IACERHRG-2003", Tbilisi, 2004, pp. 100-101 (in English)
- Levan Urushadze, Some questions of the history of Georgia of 40s of the 11th century.- Kartuli Tskarotmtsodneoba (Georgian Source-Studies), vol. X, Tbilisi, 2004, pp. 108-112 (in Georgian, English summary)
