Archaeopolis

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Archaeopolis was an ancient fortified city that served as the principal political and military center of the kingdom of Lazica in western Georgia.

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Label Occurrences
Archaeopolis canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
fortified city
capitalOf Lazica NERFINISHED
contestedBy Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED
country Georgia
currentCondition ruins
excavatedBy Georgian archaeologists
flourishedInCentury 6th century
flourishedInPeriod Late Antiquity NERFINISHED
hasFeature acropolis
basilicas
baths
subterranean passages
hasFortifications citadel
city walls
towers
hasNameInGreek Ἀρχαιόπολις NERFINISHED
hasRemainsFromPeriod Byzantine period
Hellenistic period
Roman period
heritageStatus cultural heritage monument of Georgia
involvedIn Lazic War NERFINISHED
knownAs Nokalakevi NERFINISHED
Tsikhe-Goji NERFINISHED
Tsikhegoji NERFINISHED
locatedIn Colchis NERFINISHED
Lazica NERFINISHED
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti NERFINISHED
South Caucasus
western Georgia
locatedNear Zugdidi NERFINISHED
locatedOn Chkhobistskali River NERFINISHED
mentionedBy Agathias NERFINISHED
Procopius of Caesarea NERFINISHED
modernSiteName Nokalakevi NERFINISHED
nameMeaning ancient city
nearbySettlement Nokalakevi village NERFINISHED
partOf Byzantine defensive system in Lazica NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Lazica NERFINISHED
region Samegrelo NERFINISHED
religion Christianity in Late Antiquity
servedAs principal military center of Lazica
principal political center of Lazica
strategicLocation on route between coastal Colchis and interior Iberia
usedBy Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Lazic kings NERFINISHED

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Subject: Archaeopolis
Description of subject: Archaeopolis was an ancient fortified city that served as the principal political and military center of the kingdom of Lazica in western Georgia.

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Lazica capital Archaeopolis