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In 543, a [[Battle of Anglon|Roman invasion of Armenia]] was defeated by a small Persian force at Anglon. However, the Shah’s attempt to establish a direct Persian control over the country and the missionary zeal of the [[Zoroastrian]] priests soon caused discontent in [[Christianity|Christian]] Lazica and King Gubazes revolted in 548, this time against the Persians. Gubazes II requested aid from Emperor [[Justinian I]] and brought [[Alans]] and [[Sabir people|Sabirs]] to an alliance. Justinian sent 7,000 Roman and 1,000 [[Tzani]] (relatives of the [[Laz people|Lazs]]) auxiliaries under [[Dagisthaeus]] to assist Gubazes, and [[Siege of Petra (549)|besieged]] the Petra fortress. Persian reinforcements under [[Mihr-Mihroe]] defeated a small Byzantine force guarding the mountain passes and relieved the besieged Petra. Mihr-Mihroe garrisoned 3,000 men in the fortress and marched to [[Armenia]] leaving 5,000 soldiers to plunder Lazica. This force was destroyed by Dagisthaeus at the [[Rioni river|Phasis river]] in 549. The next Persian offensive also proved to be unsuccessful with the commander Chorianes killed in a decisive battle at the river Hippis (now the [[Tskhenistskali]]). The new Byzantine commander Bessas quelled a pro-Persian revolt of the [[Abasgians|Abasgi]] tribe, took Petra and defeated Mihr-Mihroe at [[Archaeopolis]] in 551. However, the latter managed to capture [[Kutaisi|Cotais]] and the Uthimereos fortress blocking the important roads to the highland regions of [[Lechkhumi|Scymnia]] and [[Svaneti|Souania]]. In the summer of 555, he won an impressive victory at [[Battle of Telephis-Ollaria|Telephis]] and forced the Byzantine-Lazic forces to retreat to Nesos.