on july 17, 1341, anna entered trebizond triumphantly, followed by laz warriors of the georgian king george v (1314-1346) as well as by trapezuntine laz of the bandon of greater lazia, and ascended to the throne. she was crowned empress, supported, on the one hand, by the amytzantarios family and, on the other, by the laz, the tzan and, in general, the people of the provinces of the empire of trebizond. the prevalence of the indigenous amytzantarioi after anna’s ascension to the throne had provoked continuous attempts by the opposing scholarioi to overthrow her with the support of other noble families.