Machelones
Μαχελῶνες
Eth. Machelones (Μαχελῶνες, Arrian, Peripl. p. 11; Anon. p. 15), a subdivision of the Colchian tribes situated to the S. of the Phasis. Anchialus, prince of this people, as well as of the Heniochi, submitted to Trajan. (D. C. 68.19; Ritter, Erdkunde, vol. x. p. 116.)
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