Lazica
Kingdom of Lazica ეგრისის სამეფო | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 AD–697 | |||||||||||||
Kingdom of Lazica in IV-V cc.AD | |||||||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Archaeopolis | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Zan Old Georgian Greek (religious) | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Georgian paganism Eastern Orthodox (pre-Schism) | ||||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||||
• 131–? | Malassas (first) | ||||||||||||
• 556–? | Tzath II (last) | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Classical antiquity | ||||||||||||
• Established | 131 AD | ||||||||||||
• vassal of Roman Empire | 2nd to 5th century | ||||||||||||
| 541 to 562 AD | |||||||||||||
• annexation of Lazica by Byzantine Empire | 7th | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 697 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Antoninianus until IV A.D, later Solidus | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Today part of | |||||||||||||
| Part of a series on the |
| History of Georgia |
|---|
| Laz people |
|---|
The Kingdom of Lazica (Georgian: ეგრისი, romanized: Egrisi; Laz: ლაზიკა, romanized: Laziǩa; Ancient Greek: Λαζική, romanized: Lazikḗ), sometimes called Lazian Empire, was a state in the territory of west Georgia in the Roman period, from about the 1st century BC. Created as a result of the collapse of the kingdom of Colchis and the gaining of independence by the tribal-territorial units included in it in 131 AD.