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Onoguris

Ancient city · Lazica

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
42.296, 44.460
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient town in Georgia (country)

History

Onoguris, renamed as Stephanopolis in the Byzantine period, was a town in Lazica recorded by Byzantine historian Agathias in his narration of the Lazic War between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire. Its exact location is still under study.

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