Lazikē

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frontier zone geopolitical region historical region

Lazikē is the historical region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, in what is now western Georgia, that served as the homeland of the Laz people and a strategic frontier between the Byzantine and Sasanian empires.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lazi	2
Lazika	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	frontier zone ⓘ geopolitical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
alternativeName	Egrisi NERFINISHED ⓘ Lazica NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalSites	Archaeopolis (Nokalakevi) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsikhegoji and related fortifications ⓘ
associatedPeople	Laz NERFINISHED ⓘ other Kartvelian groups ⓘ
borderedBy	Black Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Archaeopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Lazic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
contestedBy	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryToday	Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
dominantChurch	Eastern Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Laz NERFINISHED ⓘ
geopoliticalImportance	Byzantine–Iranian rivalry NERFINISHED ⓘ control of eastern Black Sea coast ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ
homelandOf	Laz people NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantFor	access to Caucasus passes ⓘ control of Black Sea trade routes ⓘ
knownFor	Lazic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Laz language ⓘ
languageFamily	Kartvelian languages ⓘ
laterIntegratedInto	Kingdom of Abkhazia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval Georgian polities ⓘ
LazicWarDates	circa 541–562 CE ⓘ
locatedIn	Caucasus region NERFINISHED ⓘ South Caucasus ⓘ eastern coast of the Black Sea ⓘ western Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernCulturalContinuity	Laz communities in western Georgia ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine sphere of influence ⓘ Sasanian sphere of influence ⓘ ancient Colchis region ⓘ
politicalStatus	client kingdom of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ vassal state of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
preChristianReligion	Iranian religious influences ⓘ local pagan cults ⓘ
regionType	coastal region ⓘ mountainous hinterland ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousAlignment	Byzantine Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicRole	buffer state between Byzantium and Sasanian Iran ⓘ frontier between Byzantine Empire and Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lazica → alsoKnownAs → Lazikē ⓘ

Lazic War → belligerent → Lazikē ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lazi

Egrisi → hasAlternativeName → Lazikē ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lazika

Lazic War → hasParticipant → Lazikē ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lazi