Anicetus was the leader of an unsuccessful anti-Roman uprising in Colchis in 69 AD. He claimed to be acting on behalf of Vitellius, and destroyed a cohort and part of the Roman fleet stationed at Trapezus. The revolt was put down by the Roman reinforcements under Virdius Geminus, a lieutenant of Vespasian. Overtaken at the mouth of the river Chobus, Anicetus was surrendered to the Romans by the local tribesmen, and executed.