Lazica
Sign in to saveThe Kingdom of Lazica (; ; ), 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.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Kingdom of Lazica
- Country.common_name
- Lazica, Egrisi
- Country.status
- Kingdom
- Country.year_start
- 131 AD
- Country.year_end
- 697
- Country.era
- Classical antiquity
- Country.event_start
- Established
- Country.event1
- vassal of Roman Empire
- Country.date_event1
- 2nd to 5th century
- Country.event2
- Lazic War
- Country.date_event2
- 541 to 562 AD
- Country.event3
- annexation of Lazica by Byzantine Empire
- Country.date_event3
- 7th
- Country.p1
- Roman Empire
- Country.flag_p1
- Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg
- Country.p2
- Colchis
- Country.s1
- Kingdom of Abkhazia
- Country.s2
- Abasgia
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The Kingdom of Lazica (; ; ), 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.
== Name == In the Svan language, the Svans refer to the Mingrelia (Samegrelo) region as Lazan, La- is the Svan territorial prefix and Lazan means "the land of the Zans".
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