According to the medieval Georgian chronicles, he was the son of King Varaz-Bakur II and the daughter of Trdat of Iberia. Characterized as a pious monarch and an exceptional warrior, he is reported to have rebelled against the Iranian hegemony and have withheld paying tribute to the shah. He is also credited with the construction of Bolnisi.[1]
P’arsman is identified by some scholars with the Pharasmanes of the SyriacVita Petri Iberi who was a brother of Osdukhtia, the paternal grandmother of Peter the Iberian, a well-known Georgian theologian and one of the leaders of anti-Chalcedonian movement in the Eastern Roman Empire. Pharasmanes enjoyed a leading position at the Roman court and held the rank of a magister militum under EmperorArcadius until being accused of committing adultery with the empress Eudoxia. He escaped back to Iberia where he became king and encouraged the White Huns to attack the Roman frontiers. He was succeeded by his brother, Mihrdat.[2]
References
^Rapp, Stephen H. (2003), Studies In Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts, p. 316. Peeters Bvba ISBN90-429-1318-5.
pharasmanes, iberia, arsman, georgian, ფარსმან, sometimes, latinized, pharasmanes, chosroid, dynasty, king, iberia, kartli, eastern, georgia, from, parsamanes, ivking, iberiareign406, 409predecessortrdatsuccessormihrdat, ivdynastychosroid, dynastyaccording, me. P arsman IV Georgian ფარსმან IV sometimes Latinized as Pharasmanes of the Chosroid Dynasty was the king of Iberia Kartli eastern Georgia from 406 to 409 Parsamanes IVKing of IberiaReign406 409PredecessorTrdatSuccessorMihrdat IVDynastyChosroid dynastyAccording to the medieval Georgian chronicles he was the son of King Varaz Bakur II and the daughter of Trdat of Iberia Characterized as a pious monarch and an exceptional warrior he is reported to have rebelled against the Iranian hegemony and have withheld paying tribute to the shah He is also credited with the construction of Bolnisi 1 P arsman is identified by some scholars with the Pharasmanes of the Syriac Vita Petri Iberi who was a brother of Osdukhtia the paternal grandmother of Peter the Iberian a well known Georgian theologian and one of the leaders of anti Chalcedonian movement in the Eastern Roman Empire Pharasmanes enjoyed a leading position at the Roman court and held the rank of a magister militum under Emperor Arcadius until being accused of committing adultery with the empress Eudoxia He escaped back to Iberia where he became king and encouraged the White Huns to attack the Roman frontiers He was succeeded by his brother Mihrdat 2 References Edit Rapp Stephen H 2003 Studies In Medieval Georgian Historiography Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts p 316 Peeters Bvba ISBN 90 429 1318 5 Martindale John Robert 1992 The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire p 872 Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 07233 6 Preceded byTrdat King of Iberia406 409 Succeeded byMihrdat IV Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pharasmanes IV of Iberia amp oldid 1116202903, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
