Gonio fortress (geo. გონიოს ციხე, previously called Apsaros, or Apsaruntos), is a Roman fortification in Adjara, on the Black sea, 15km south of Batumi, at the mouth of the Chorokhi river. The village sits 4km north of the Turkish border. The oldest citing of the fortress belongs to Plinius Secundus (1st century AD). In the 2nd century AD it was a well-fortified Roman city in Colchis. It later fell under Byzantine influence. T… (More on Gonio)