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Kingdom of Lazica ეგრისის სამეფო | |||||||||
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| 131 AD–697 AD | |||||||||
 Kingdom of Lazica in IV-V cc.AD | |||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Capital | Archaeopolis | ||||||||
| Common languages | Zan, Old Georgian Greek (religious) | ||||||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox (pre-Schism) | ||||||||
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• 131 AD | Malassas (first) | ||||||||
• 696/697 | Sergius (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Classical antiquity | ||||||||
• Established | 131 AD | ||||||||
• vassal of Roman Empire | 3rd to 5th century | ||||||||
| 541 to 562 AD | |||||||||
• annexation of Lazica by Byzantine Empire | 7th | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 697 AD | ||||||||
| Currency | Antoninianus until IV A.D, later Solidus[1] | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of Lazica (Georgian: ეგრისი, Egrisi; Laz: ლაზიკა, Laziǩa; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Λαζική, Lazikḗ), sometimes called Lazian Empire,[2] 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.
- ^ Lortkipanidze, M; Mushkhelishvili, D. "Essays on the history of Georgia: In eight volumes: Volume II". Tbilisi Metsniereba: 76.
- ^ Braund, David (2003). Georgia in Antiquity A History of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia, 550 BC-AD 562. pp. 274, 65.