Vakhtang I

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Vakhtang I Gorgasali, of the Chosroid dynasty, was a king of Iberia, natively known as Kartli in the second half of the 5th and first quarter of the 6th century.

A miniature by Pier Rossi based on the 17th century fresco of Vakhtang from Svetitskhoveli Cathedral

Icon of Vakhtang

Monument to Vakhtang I in Sno

Ruins of Ujarma, once an Iberian stronghold under Vakhtang

Kingdom of Iberia

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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

Vakhtang I

…Gorgasali (Georgian: ვახტანგ I გორგასალი, romanized: vakht'ang I gorgasali; c. 439 or 443 – 502 or 522), of the Chosroid dynasty, was a king (mepe) of Iberia, natively known as Kartli (eastern Georgia) in the second half of the 5th and first quarter of the 6th century. He led his people, through an ill-fated…

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.