Polybius described Sinope as being "on the way to Phasis". The album was recorded during the same sessions that produced "3 Phasis". This force was destroyed by Dagisthaeus at the Phasis river in 549. He was born in Paphlagonia and taught at Phasis. In 620 he was appointed Bishop of Phasis in Colchis. In 556, the allies retook Archaeopolis and routed Nachoragan in his abortive attack on Phasis. Sesostris then returned home, leaving colonists behind at the river Phasis in Colchis. "Phases" was once the plural of "phasis", but the singular is now "phase". The name Phasis is the origin of the word pheasant. From Greek&colon; "polloi" "many", "phasis" "appearance". Phasis was attacked, unsuccessfully, by Iranian soldiers. During the Third Mithridatic War, Phasis came under Roman control.