Laz people
The ancestors of the Laz people are cited by many classical authors from Scylax to Procopius and Agathias, but the Laz () themselves are cited by Pliny around the 2nd century BC, The ethnonym "Laz" is linked to a Svan toponym Lazan (i.e. the territorial prefix "la-" + Zan, "land of the Zan"). The Pontic Lazi, which were incorporated within the Byzantine Empire, and differed from the Caucasian Lazi, or Megrelians, have retained the old name "Lazi" till today.