Samara () was a ruler and chieftain ("mamasakhlisi") of Mtskheta in the 4th century BC,The Georgian Chronicles, line of edition 19 with help of Thracian-Macedonian king Lysimachus, he was overthrown by Azo, the son of the king of Aryan Kartli, who united Kartli and made Mtskheta the capital.Rayfield, location: 346 According to The Georgian Chronicles he was a descendant of Kartlos, the eponymous ancestor of the Georgians. His brother,The Georgian Chronicles, line of edition 18 whose name is not specified, was allegedly massacredThe Georgian Chronicles, line of edition 20 at the same time as him, while his wife, took refuge in the mountains with her three children,The Georgian Chronicles, line of edition 21-22 two daughters and a boy, the future King Pharnavaz I. The latter recovers the heritage of his ancestors and establishing the Kingdom of Iberia.Rayfield, location: 358
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Sources The Georgian Chronicles, Life of Pharnavaz: The first Georgian king of Kartli, Part IV. TITUS (Online Version). Rayfield, D. (2013) Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia, Reaktion Books,