ARCHAEO´POLIS
ARCHAEO´POLIS (
Ἀρχαιόπολις), a city of Colchis, on the borders of Iberia, in a very strong position on a rock near the river Phasis.
At the time of the Byzantine empire, it was the capital of the Lazic kingdom. (Procop.
B. G. 4.13; Agath. 3.5, 8,17.)
[
P.S]