Archil of Iberia

Arch'il, of the Chosroid Dynasty, was the king of [Kingdom of Kingdom of Iberia (antiquity)|Iberia (antiquity)|Iberia] from c. 411 to 435. He was the son and successor of King Mirdat IV.

Biography

The two principal medieval Georgian chronicles – The Conversion of Kartli, and The Life of Kartli, – relate conflicting versions of Archil's reign. The former story is extremely brief but complains that the positions of Zoroastrianism, an official Sasanian religion, was firm in Christian Iberia, a testimony to the effectively unchallenged Sasanid hegemony over the country. The other chronicle informs us of Archil's successful rebellion against Iran, his victory over a punitive force and a retaliatory raid into Arran. The authenticity of this latter account has been questioned by modern scholars.
Arch'il is also attested in two Armenian sources: Koryun’s The Life of Mashtots, cap. 18; and Moses of Chorene, III.60.