| Pharasmanes I the Great | |
|---|---|
 Pharasmanes I by Jean-Joseph Taillasson | |
| King of Iberia | |
| Reign | 1 – 58 |
| Predecessor | Artaxias II of Iberia |
| Successor | Mihrdat I of Iberia |
| Born | 1st-century BC Mtskheta, Kingdom of Iberia |
| Died | 58 AD |
| Spouse | daughter of Tigranes IV |
| Issue | Rhadamistus Mihrdat I of Iberia Amazaspus unnamed daughter |
| Dynasty | Pharnavazid |
| Father | Kartam of Colchis |
| Mother | daughter of Pharnavaz II of Iberia |
| Religion | Georgian paganism |
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]
- ^ A. Furtwängler, I. Gagoshidze, H. Löhr and N. Ludwig(2008) - Iberia and Rome, Page - 253.
- ^ Rayfield 2013, p. 418.
- ^ Rayfield 2013, p. 29.