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.
The Principality of Iberia was an early medieval aristocratic regime in a core Georgian region of Kartli, called Iberia by classical authors. It flourished in the period of interregnum between the six
Kingdom of Iberia
…I c. 302 BC • Christianization of Iberia during reign of Mirian III 319 AD • Direct Sasanian control and abolition of the monarchy 580 AD Succeeded by Principality of Iberia In Greco-Roman geography, Iberia was an exonym for the Georgian kingdom of Kartli, known after its core province. The kingdom existed during Classical…
Ateni Sioni Church, early 600s