Episode 8 – The Mithridatic Wars: Colchis

E8 – The Mithridatic Wars: Colchis – The History of Saqartvelo Georgia

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Gamarjoba everyone! In this episode, we’ll be covering the Colchian side of the Mithridatic Wars, up until the winter of 66 BC. I don’t want to spoil you all with Pompey Magnus just yet.

  • Map of Armenian Empire under Tigranes
  • Colchis coin
By http://www.armenica.orgUploaded to en.wikipedia by en:user:Nareklm – Armenica.orgUploaded to en.wikipedia: en:Image:20tigranes95-66.gifThe original source of the Map is: Robert H. Hewsen "Armenia: A Historical Atlas". The University of Chicago Press, 2001 ISBN 978-0-226-33228-4. Map 20 (The Empire of Tigran the Great, 95-66 BC), page 34., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1557220
By Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29424697
https://geonumismatics.tsu.ge/public/en/catalogue/types?type=23

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Bibliography:

Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts and Eurasian Contexts
by Stephen H. Rapp Jr.
The Georgians by David Marshall Land
Making of the Georgian Nation by Ronald Suny
Georgia in Antiquity by David Braund
Edge of Empires by Donald Rayfield

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