Ludwig van Beethoven wrote the Symphony No.3 for the Georgian king - Heraclius II Bagration and called this symphony - "Eroica" (Heroic) - "dedicated to the Napoleon of the East". Heraclius II Bagrationi (reign 1744-1798) - The King Of Kartl-Kakhetia (Eastern Georgian Kingdom) who had fought more, than 300 Battles against Persians, Turks and Dagestanians in his 62 years on the Battlefield and was defeated only 3 times. when he started war, he was only 15 years old and died in the age of 78.