Colchis and the Black Sea kingdoms (c. 6th century BCE–1st century CE)

1. Milesian Greeks found Phasis trading colony

   Jan 1, 600 BCELabels: Phasis, Milesian Greeks

   • Phasis
   • Britannica

2. Greek coastal settlement network expands in Colchis

   Jan 1, 550 BCELabels: Dioscurias, Greek settlements

   • Britannica
   • Forbes Georgia

3. Colchis under nominal Achaemenid suzerainty

   Jan 1, 525 BCELabels: Colchis, Achaemenid Empire

   • Britannica

4. Xenophon’s Ten Thousand traverse the Pontic coast

   Jan 1, 401 BCELabels: Xenophon, Ten Thousand

   • Anabasis

5. Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax describes Black Sea route

   Jan 1, 330 BCELabels: Periplus of, Black Sea

   • Pseudo Scylax

6. Mithridates VI’s Pontic system expands into Colchis

   Jan 1, 105 BCELabels: Mithridates VI, Kingdom of

   • TSU Proceedings
   • Britannica

7. Mithridates VI suppresses revolt and reorganizes Colchis

   Jan 1, 83 BCELabels: Mithridates VI, Colchis

   • Colchis

8. Pompey’s Caucasian campaign reaches Colchis

   Jan 1, 65 BCELabels: Pompey, Roman Republic

   • Pompey Campaign
   • Colchis

9. Pompey installs Aristarchus as dynast of Colchis

   Jan 1, 63 BCELabels: Pompey, Aristarchus

   • Aristarchus
   • Caucasus World

10. Pharnaces II seizes Colchis amid Roman civil war

    Jan 1, 49 BCELabels: Pharnaces II, Colchis

    • Pharnaces II
    • Livius

11. Roman client kingship links Colchis with Pontus

    Jan 1, 36 BCELabels: Polemon I, Roman client

    • Polemon I

12. Pythodorida retains Pontus and Colchis after Polemon I

    Jan 1, 8 BCELabels: Pythodorida, Polemon I

    • Colchis
    • Pythodoris

13. Nero ends client rule; Pontus and Colchis annexed

    Jan 1, 63Labels: Nero, Roman province

    • Colchis
    • Pontus Region