In Greco-Roman geography, Iberia was an exonym for the Georgian kingdom of Kartli, known after its core province. The kingdom existed during Classical Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, either as an
A fragment of the Fasti Ostienses mentioning Pharasmanes II of Iberia. PHARASMAN'[ES REX IBERORVM CVM FILIO] E ET VXORE PHR[CVI IMP(ERATOR) ANTONINVS AVG(VSTVS) REGNVM] REDDIDIT Translation: Pharasman[es, king of the Iberians with his son] and his wife Phr[to whom the emp[eror] Antoninus Aug[ustus] restored the kingdom].
Patera from Mtskheta, likely depicting Fortuna (2nd century AD, Georgian National Museum)
Claw foot of the royal throne found at Mount Bagineti, 2nd century AD. Kept at the Georgian National Museum in Tbilisi.
The ruins of the Nekresi fire temple, identified as a Zoroastrian fire temple, sun temple, or Manichean shrine.
Pharasmanes II the Valiant or the Brave was a king of Iberia from the Pharnavazid dynasty, contemporary of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Professor Cyril Toumanoff suggests AD 116–132 as the years of Phar
Relief of King Pharasmanes