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The Gugars were a people of 
Caucasian Iberia
In Greco-Roman geography, Iberia (Ancient Greek: ''Iberia''; ; Parthian language, Parthian: ; Middle Persian: ) was an exonym for the Georgians, Georgian kingdom of Kartli or Iveria ( or ), known after its Kartli, core province. The kingdom exi ...
, settling near the Debeda river, mentioned by Strabo
Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-si ...
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They were presumably an early Georgian ( Kartvelian) people ( Georgian: გუგარები, gugarebi).The toponym Gogarene, an integral part of Caucasian Iberia
In Greco-Roman geography, Iberia (Ancient Greek: ''Iberia''; ; Parthian language, Parthian: ; Middle Persian: ) was an exonym for the Georgians, Georgian kingdom of Kartli or Iveria ( or ), known after its Kartli, core province. The kingdom exi ...
, is derived from their name. The region is first mentioned by Strabo
Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-si ...
who records it as a province of Iberia. Later it was renamed Gugark, after the conquests of Arshakid Armenian rulers in the 2nd century BC.
References
# ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'', vol. 3, pg. 289, Tb., 1978 # '' Iv. Javakhishvili,'' Introduction to the History of the Georgian Nation, Book 1 — Ethnological and historical problems of Georgia, Caucasus and the Middle East, Tb., 1950; # ''D. Muskhelishvili,''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, pg. 196, Tbilisi., 1978 # https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/11N*.html {{Ancient Georgians Ancient peoples of Georgia (country)