A drachm of Aristarchus as reproduced in Koehne, B., NC 17 (1877).[1]
Aristarchus (/ˌærəˈstɑːrkəs/; Greek: Ἀρίσταρχος, Aristarkhos) was a ruler of Colchis as a client of Rome from 63 BC to c. 50 BC. He was installed by the Roman general Pompey as part of his settlement of Asia during the Mithridatic Wars. Aristarchus is principally known from the works of the 1st-century historian Appian as well as the coinage issued in his name.[citation needed]
^Koehne, Bernhard (1877). "Drachms of Aristarchos, Dynast of Colchis". The Numismatic Chronicle. 17: 1–10.
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Aristarchus (/ˌærəˈstɑːrkəs/; Greek: Ἀρίσταρχος, Aristarkhos) was a ruler ofColchis as a client of Rome from 63 BC to c. 50 BC. He was installed by the...
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ofColchis, now in modern-day Georgia) and was crucified. An extant Coptic Acts of Andrew and Matthias, places his activity similarly in "the city of...
Phoenicia, Jason took Medea from Colchis, and the Trojan princess Hesione had been taken by Heracles, who gave her to Telamon of Salamis. According to Herodotus...
prince of Paphlagonia and Aristarchus that ofColchis; he appointed Archelaus priest of the goddess worshipped at Comana; and finally he made Castor of Phanagoria...
of Egypt. Pharnaces took advantage of this to invade part of Anatolia. Cassius Dio wrote that Pharnaces seized Colchis easily. He took advantage of the...
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