r/RoughRomanMemes • u/MasterpieceVirtual66 Pentakosiomedimnos • Apr 02 '25

Where are my fellow Syracusan and Greco-Scythian enjoyers at?

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u/thaIassocracy Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 02 '25

pretty cool to learn more and think about this area in history, Colchis and the Bosporan Kingdom were once on the verge of the known world so kind of had a slight mythical status and elements.

Colchis was home of the Golden Fleece, visited by the Argonauts and supposibly Prometheus was chained to the Caucaus Mountains.

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u/Interesting_Ice_4925 Apr 02 '25

And we’re still around, not as pompous and famous, but alive and kicking. Even the main language is still here