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The Battle of Anacopia was a battle between Kingdom of Abkhazia, Kingdom of Iberia and Umayyad Caliphte, which ended with Georgian victory.
| Battle of Anacopia | |||||
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| Part of Umayyad invasion of Iberia | |||||
 Anacopia Fortress | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Principality of Iberia | Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Leon I of Abkhazia | [Marwan II]] | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 3,000 | 60,000 | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| unknown |
35,000 suffered from epidemic 3,000 killed in action | ||||
Battle
During the eighth century Anacopia found itself near the moving frontier that separated Byzantine Christendom from the Umayyad Caliphate, and in 736/737 Abū ʿAbd Al-Malik Marwān ibn Muḥammad, the future Marwan II, appeared outside the walls with a force of 60,000 men and laid siege to what was by now the capital of the Abkhazian Kingdom. The Georgian chronicle relates that the citadel was defended by a force of 1,000 Iberians and 2,000 Abkhazians under the leadership of Leon I of Abkhazia. The chronicle recalls that the Arab forces suffered from an epidemic that killed 35,000 of them while a further 3,000 were killed in the fighting. The successful defence of Anacopia is regarded as a pivotal turning point in the history of the region.