Roman province of Lazicum

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The Roman province of Lazicum was an administrative region of the late Roman and early Byzantine Empire along the eastern Black Sea coast in what is now western Georgia, historically inhabited by the Laz people and strategically important as a frontier against Persia.

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Roman province of Lazicum canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine province ⓘ
Roman province ⓘ
associatedEmpire Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
associatedWith Kingdom of Lazica ⓘ
borderedBy Black Sea ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
capital Archaeopolis ⓘ
conflict Lazic War ⓘ
conflictWith Persia ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
culturalRegion Lazistan ⓘ
defensiveRole buffer state between Rome and Persia ⓘ
economy trade along Black Sea routes ⓘ
ethnicGroup Laz ⓘ
geopoliticalRole contested zone between Rome and Persia ⓘ
governanceForm client kingdom under Roman influence ⓘ
historicalEra Late Antiquity ⓘ
historicalRegion Lazica ⓘ
inhabitedBy Laz people ⓘ
language Laz language ⓘ
laterStatus Byzantine province ⓘ
locatedIn Caucasus region ⓘ
Transcaucasia ⓘ
linked to: South Caucasus

eastern Black Sea coast ⓘ
western Georgia ⓘ
militaryImportance control of Caucasian passes ⓘ
modernTerritory Georgia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
overlord Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
regionToday Adjara ⓘ
Artvin Province ⓘ
Guria ⓘ
Rize Province ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ
Eastern Christianity ⓘ
romanizationLevel partially romanized frontier region ⓘ
status border province ⓘ
strategicImportance control of eastern Black Sea coast ⓘ
frontier against Persia ⓘ
timePeriod early Byzantine Empire ⓘ
late Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Late Antiquity

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Gonio Fortress → locatedInFormerEntity → Roman province of Lazicum ⓘ