Tbilisi

settlement · 1200 BC – 2000 AD

Tbilisi, the modern capital of Georgia, was the ancient Tiflīs and was founded in A.D. 455 or 458 when the capital of Georgia was transferred from Mtsk̲h̲eta.

Coordinates

41.71772, 44.78057

Also known as

Taflīs, Tbilisi, Tpilisi, T'bilisi (ka), Tiflis (ota), Tiflīs, Tiflis, Taflis (arb), Tiphilis (grc), Tpłis, Tplis, Tplis (hy), Tp̣lis, Tpḫis, Tpẖis, Tpḫis, Tpkhis (hy), Ṭbilisi, Ṭp̣łis

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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