Explained: Who Was Vakhtang Gorgasali?

03/22/2020
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King Vakhtang Gorgasali ruled Georgia 5th and 6th Centuries CE. Despite only assuming the throne before the age of 10, Gorgasali became a formidable ruler in the Caucasus and set the course of Georgian history.

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