Ghadam of Iberia
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Ghadam or Adam (ადამი) was a king of Iberia
(Kartli
, modern eastern Georgia
) whose three years of reign are scarcely recorded in the medieval Georgian chronicles. He is otherwise unattested elsewhere. Professor Cyril Toumanoff
suggests AD 132-135 as the possible years of Ghadam’s rule. The king’s name is surmised by modern scholars to be a corrupted form of Radamistus, not an uncommon name in the ancient Caucasian
royal and noble families.
According to the Georgian annals, Ghadam was the son of P’arsman the Good
who is the Pharasmanes, king of the Iberians, of Cassius Dio and some other Classical
authors. He died after three years of reign, leaving the regency of his one-year-old son, P’arsman
, in the hands of his mother Ghadana.
Caucasian Iberia
Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli , corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia...
(Kartli
Kartli
Kartli is a historical region in central-to-eastern Georgia traversed by the river Mtkvari , on which Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is situated. Known to the Classical authors as Iberia, Kartli played a crucial role in ethnic and political consolidation of the Georgians in the Middle Ages...
, modern eastern Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
) whose three years of reign are scarcely recorded in the medieval Georgian chronicles. He is otherwise unattested elsewhere. Professor Cyril Toumanoff
Cyril Toumanoff
Cyril Leo Heraclius, Prince Toumanoff was an United States-based historian and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Georgia, Armenia, the Byzantine Empire, and Iran...
suggests AD 132-135 as the possible years of Ghadam’s rule. The king’s name is surmised by modern scholars to be a corrupted form of Radamistus, not an uncommon name in the ancient Caucasian
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
royal and noble families.
According to the Georgian annals, Ghadam was the son of P’arsman the Good
Pharasmanes II of Iberia
Pharasmanes II was a king of Iberia, or Kartli , contemporary of the Roman emperor Hadrian . Professor Cyril Toumanoff suggests AD 116-132 as the years of Pharasmanes’ reign...
who is the Pharasmanes, king of the Iberians, of Cassius Dio and some other Classical
Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, collectively known as the Greco-Roman world...
authors. He died after three years of reign, leaving the regency of his one-year-old son, P’arsman
Pharasmanes III of Iberia
Pharasmanes III or P’arsman III was a king of Iberia , a contemporary of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius...
, in the hands of his mother Ghadana.