ქიოსელების დეპორტაცია კოლხეთში

Abstract

Athenaios and Appian record about Chians’ deportation to Colchis by Mithridates VI Eupator, king of Pontus. These notes show the Chian upperclasses as pro-Roman while Mithridatic Wars; lower classes support the Pontic king. Perhaps, due to bad economic and demographic situation in Colchis, practice of colonization was restored. Archaeology confirms that there were still a lot of uninhabited lands in Colchis. So, while in Pontic kingdom, Colchis had political and economic functions, as well as that of place for exile.