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The article refers to the history of Georgia ’s autonomous province of Adjara . ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ADJARA ( Hellenistic period)]] Archeologists say the territory has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age . Occupied by an ancient Georgian tribe of Moskh s from ancient times, the territory of Adjara was a province of Colchis in the 7th-3rd cent. BC . Part of the area formed a county (saeristavo) within the Kingdom Of Iberia in the late 4th century BC. Colonized by Greek merchants in the 5th and 4th cent. B.C., the coastal Adjara later came under Roman rule. Bathus (Bathys) (the present day Batumi ) and Apsaros (Apsaruntos) (modern Gonio ) were the key cities and fortresses at that time. Archeological excavations have revealed ruins of a rich ancient town at Pichvnari near the present day town of Kobuleti . In the 2nd century AD, Bathus was an important military base for Roman legions. Apsaros was famous for its theatre. The early Christian era in Adjara was linked with names of Saint Andrew , Saint Simon The Canaanite and Matata . Saint Matthias is said to be buried in the Gonio fortress near Batumi . |
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