Gonio Fortress

Local nameგონიოს ციხე
LocationBatumi

Gonio is a Roman fortification in Adjara, Georgia, on the Black Sea, 15 km south of Batumi, at the mouth of the Chorokhi river. The village sits 4 km north of the Turkish border. Its name was connected with the myth of Medea and her brother Absyrtus.

The oldest reference to the fortress is by Pliny the Elder in the Natural History. There is also a reference to the ancient name of the site in Appian’s Mithridatic Wars. In the 2nd century AD it was a well-fortified Roman city within Colchis. The town was also known for its theatre and hippodrome. Procopius, writing in the 6th century, speaks of the remains of its public buildings as proving that it was once a place of some importance.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonio_(fortress)

Address Georgia

Coordinates 41°34'23.439" N 41°34'25.361" E

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