Mermeroes had no difficulty in establishing Persian rule through almost the whole of Lazica.

The Romans did not dare to meet him in the field.

Archssopolis, indeed, repulsed his attack; but no other important place in the entire country remained subject to the Empire.

Qubazes and his followers had to hide themselves in the recesses of the mountains.

Quartering his troops chiefly on the upper Phasis, about Kutais and its neighborhood, Mermeroes strengthened his hold on the country by building forts or receiving their submission, and even extended the Persian dominion beyond Lazica into Scymnia and Suania.