Pharasmanes_I_of_Iberia
Pharasmanes I of Iberia
1st century AD King of Iberia
Pharasmanes I the Great[1] (Georgian: ფარსმან I დიდი; died 58) was a king (mepe) of Iberia. He plays a prominent role in the historian Tacitus' account of policy and campaigns in the eastern lands of the Roman Empire under Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero. According to Cyril Toumanoff, Pharasmanes was a member of the third Pharnavazid dynasty and reigned from 1 to 58. Pharasmanes is mentioned on the Stele of Vespasian. During his reign, Iberia was transformed into the Transcaucasian empire,[2] that would dominate the kingdoms of Armenia and Albania.[3]
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