Person

Pharasmanes I of Iberia

king of Iberia

b. 25 BCE – d. 58 CE World The Great Crossroads

Pharasmanes I (P’arsman) (died 58) is a king of Iberia (Kartli, modern eastern Georgia) who plays a prominent role in Tacitus’ account of Rome’s eastern policy and campaigns under Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero.

According to Professor Cyril Toumanoff, he reigns from CE 1 to 58, and was a member of the third Pharnabazid Dynasty.

(Toumanoff, Cyril [1967].

Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 101.

Georgetown University Press.)