ევსევი კესარიელისა და იპოლიტე რომაელის ცნობები I-II საუკუნეების დასავლეთ საქართველოს ეთნოპოლიტიკური ისტორიის შესახებ

Abstract

The Western sources of 3rd - 4th cc. about the Black Sea eastern littoral at a glance seem to be based on literary tradition. In our work we discuss information of Eusebius of Caesarea and Hippolytus of Rome. The fact that Eusebius and Hippolytus at a glance know nothing about ethnopolitical changes that happened on the verge of eras, does not mean, that they really did not know this situation. It simply means that the name „Sanigi“ covered the name of other tribes, for example „Apsiloi“, „Abasgi“ etc. and ethnonym „Kolkhi“ covered name „Lazi“ and perhaps, name „Sani“ (i.e. southern Sani) too.