 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Colchis yaiva nzvimbo yekukakavadzana kwenguva refu pakati peEastern Roman Byzantine uye Sassanid empires, yakaguma neHondo yeLazickubva pa 542 kusvika pa 562. Hondo yacho yakaguma nokuwa kweLazica, uye vaAbasgi mumasango avo akazara vakawana rusununguko rwakati pasi pesimba reByzantium. Munguva iyi vaByzantine vakavaka Sebastopolis munharaunda yacho. Nyika yavo, yaizivikanwa nevaByzantine seAbasgia, yaiva tsime guru revakuru vakuru vehumambo kusvikira Justinian I 527-565 arambidza kubviswa kwevakomana. Vanhu vacho vakanga vari vechihedheni uye vainamata masango nemiti kusvikira basa rakatumwa namambo Justinian I munenge muna 550 rakatendeutsa vanhu kuchiKristu ndokuvaka chechi. Zvisinei bhishopi Stratophiles wePytius akapinda Council of Nicaea kare muna 325. VaByzantium vakavaka masvingo okuzvidzivirira angangodaro akaramba aripo kusvikira kuzuva rino seRusvingo rweKelasuri. 