There were More, than 1500 independent Greek City-States (Polies)
The era of the emergence and development of the Greek city-states was a section of a history that we know as the ancient Greek era. In the ancient Greek era began From the 12th century BC and continued until the 600 AD. during this period of time there were 1500 to 2000 Greek City-state or poleis. the area of ​​Greek settlements and the space of their city-states, or polis, included the territory of continental Greece itself, Crete and the surrounding Aegean Sea, as well as western Anatolia. Great colonization began in the 8th century. New settlements were Founded by independent Greek states and were called colonies, they covered both the European and North African parts of the the Mediterranean and also the black sea shores. Initially these colonies were not independent and obeyed the laws of the founding Greek city-state, so the inhabitants of the colony called the founding polis - the capital. But over time, the colonies have been grown so much in terms of population and economic or military might, that they could already become an independent state, or polis. One factor that could hinder the colony to become City-State - it was the strength of the state of the people on whose territory colonies were built. For example, the Greek colonies on the territory of Egypt and on the territory of Colchis could not become independent states and were subject to the Egyptian State on the one hand and the Colchian state on the other. Despite the fact that In 146 BC Greece was conquered by Rome, some Greek City-states continued to exist until the end of the classical period (600 AD).
The name of the Greek colonies (and not the city-states or the Polies) on the territory of Colchis were: Phassis (present-day Poti), Gienos (present-day Ochamchire), Dioskuria (present-day Sokhumi), Pitiunt (Bichvinta), and another colony on the territory of Kobuleti-Pichvnari territory. Archaeological material shows us, that in Kobuleti, there was a Greek colony, but we do not know the name of this city. These colonies were founded by the Milletian Greeks, but the Colchians had long lived in these areas, so there was a mixed population in this cities, which is clearly indicated by archaeological material, and these Greeks were soon integrated into the Colchian community instead of being converted into polies.