Apsaros
A Roman Fort on the Colchis Coast
by Radoslaw Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski
A new perspective on the history of the Roman fort of Apsaros and the Roman military presence in Colchis gleaned from recent archaeological research
From AD 63/64, when the Roman Empire annexed the kingdom known as Pontus Polemoniacus, up to c. 257 and the invasion of the Borans, the coast of Colchis, in modern-day Georgia, hosted a Roman garrison system that stretched along the south-eastern edge of the Black Sea. One such Roman fort, at the site of Apsaros (Gonio, Georgia) has been the subject of intensive interdisciplinary research, with a focus on exploring the site and its environs to shed new light on the history, chronology, and periodization of the Roman military presence. From the discovery of traces of the presence of four cohorts of the V Macedonian legion through to analysis of the ruins of the garrison commander’s house, which was equipped with private baths and decorated with mosaics, this volume draws together ground-breaking new research to shed new light on Roman Colchis, the garrisons who lived here, and their complicated relations with local tribes.
- By (author) Radoslaw Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski
- By (author) Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski
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